Gardaí to request records of convicted rapist Ian Horgan's application to join Tinder

The convicted killer claims joining the dating app under the alias 'Cian', which meant Gardaí were not notified, had been a simple error

The convicted sex offender Ian Horgan (pictured here at Macroom Court today), jailed for the rape and killing of beautician Rachel Kiely in 2002, had recently joined the dating app Tinder through a mobile phone and that 'Cian' may have appeared due to predictive text. Photo: Michael Mac Sweeney/Cork Courts

Convicted killer Ian Horgan has authorised Gardaí to access records of his application to join the dating app Tinder, after claiming in court that the use of the name ‘Cian’ in his profile was a typing error.

The convicted sex offender, jailed for the rape and killing of beautician Rachel Kiely in 2002, signed the authorisation at Macroom District Court, and it will now be forwarded to the CEO of Tinder.