Case-subject index
Court reports mentioning John McClean
This page indexes source-named court-report mentions. Legal stage and outcome are shown separately for each report.
2023-02-24
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Photo: Collins) By Claire Henry Former Terenure College rugby coach John McClean was a serial child abuser who used his position of trust as a teacher "to gratify his own needs", a judge said today as he jailed him for the abuse of 22 boys at the private school over a 20-year period. "It seems from the evidence that I have heard that no one took any steps to stop the abuse," Judge Martin Nolan also noted. Judge Martin Nolan today sentenced McClean to four years in prison which will run consecutively to his current prison sentence and will begin when that sentence is served in February 2027.
2023-02-23
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: He is to be sentenced tomorrow at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court after he admitted sexually assaulting 20 boys at the south Dublin school on dates between 1971 and 1992. McClean of Casimir Avenue, Harold's Cross, Dublin is currently serving an 11-year sentence, with the final three years suspended, for abusing 23 Terenure College pupils.; Judge Martin Nolan adjourned the case for sentencing to 1pm tomorrow.
2021-02-11
Stage: Charge Or Pretrial
Plea: Guilty
2021-02-11
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Counsel said even a relatively short sentence could have the consequence of his client dying in custody.; Judge Pauline Codd remanded McClean on continuing bail and adjourned the matter for finalisation to February 18, next.
2021-02-10
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: At a sentence hearing today, the court heard evidence regarding the abuse of 15 of the 23 victims.