Dublin council worker avoids jail for child-porn possession

A former Dublin City Council worker who was forced from his home after the appearance of a newspaper report on his arrest for child-pornography possession has been given a suspended sentence.

Noel Gibson (aged 57), a father of three, was arrested after gardaí received a tip-off from Austrian police about a computer server in Holland which recorded the details of people who downloaded files from a certain child pornography website.