Circuit Court judge Gerard O'Brien resigns after conviction last month

Gerard O Brien. File Picture: IrishPhotoDesk.ie

Circuit Court Judge Gerard O'Brien has resigned, Justice Minister Helen McEntee has confirmed.

Mr O'Brien, 59, from Thurles in Co Tipperary, was last month convicted of the sexual assault of six young men, some of whom were former students at the school in Dublin where he was a teacher.