Teacher convicted for indecent assault on pupil

A national teacher who was jailed previously for sexual offences on pupils has been given a three year sentence by Mr Justice Paul Carney for indecently assaulting another female pupil 26 years ago.

Patrick O'Connell (aged 54), a native of Limerick with an address at Seacrest, Galway, pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court to indecently assaulting a then 12-year-old girl on a date between April 1 and June 30, 1982.