University where sex offender John Hogan worked was unaware of trial

Technological University of Shannon confirmed John Hogan, who was jailed on Monday for sexually assaulting his nieces, is still employed by its engineering faculty and was unaware he was before the courts until it had read about the case in the media

John Hogan, Ashdale Avenue, Terenure, who pleaded guilty at Limerick Circuit court on Monday to sexually assaulting his two nieces Caitríona Hickey and Niamh Richardson between 1994 and 2001. Picture Liam Burke/Press 22

Convicted child sex offender and university lecturer John Hogan appeared not to have informed his employer he had been charged with criminal offences, it has emerged.

Hogan, 59, of Ashdale Avenue, Terenure, Dublin, was jailed for three years, with the final year suspended, at Limerick Circuit Court last Monday.