Gardaí were concerned about employment of child abuser

The Garda commissioner has told the Justice Minister that Gardaí in Donegal expressed concern about the continued employment of child abuser Michael Ferry at a school in 2002.

Mr Ferry, aged 55, from Carrick Boyle in Gweedore was jailed for 18 years yesterday for sex offences against pupils of the same school between 1990 and 2005.