Man who claimed to be talent agent to sexually assault siblings in hospital bathroom gets partially suspended sentence

A father-of-three who claimed to be a talent agent and sexually assaulted a child in a hospital bathroom has received a partially suspended sentence.

Brendan Clifford (aged 34) of no fixed abode, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to the sexual exploitation of a child at Tallaght Hospital, Tallaght, on February 23, 2015. He also pleaded guilty to sexual assault of another child at the same location on an unknown date in 2015.