Man challenges District Court's decision to place him on sex offenders register

A man convicted of sexually assaulting a woman has launched a High Court challenge seeking to overturn a direction of a District Court judge that he be included on the sex offenders register.

The action has been brought by John Keady, who last month pleaded guilty to a charge of sexual assault committed against a female at the Heritage Hotel, Killenard, Portarlington, Co Laois, on December 9, 2018.