Tipperary judge gets four years for sexually abusing six young men when he was a teacher

The offences occurred when Gerard O'Brien was a teacher between March 1991 and November 1997

Gerard O’Brien (pictured) was handed an effective global sentence of five years and nine months with 21 months suspended under strict conditions. File picture: Paddy Cummins

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A former Circuit Court judge who sexually abused six young men when he was a teacher 30 years ago was “unsuitable to hold judicial office”, the sentencing judge has said.