Paedophile Bill Kenneally will not appear before inquiry after gardaí decide not to cross-examine him

Commission was set up to examine how Kenneally's crimes were dealt with by State bodies, including gardaí, the HSE and Basketball Ireland

Bill Kenneally is currently serving a 19-year sentence for the indecent assault of 15 boys between 1979 and 1990. Picture: Sasko Lazarov/ RollingNews.ie

Notorious paedophile Bill Kenneally will not appear again before the commission investigating how his crimes were dealt with by the State after gardaí elected not to cross-examine him.

Kenneally previously appeared before the commission, chaired by former High Court judge Michael White, to give testimony on two consecutive days last March.