Sean MacGiolla Deacair jailed for sharing child pornography

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Sean MacGiolla Deacair was jailed for two years for possessing and distributing child pornography at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, reported on 18 May 2015.

He pleaded guilty to possession in Dublin 12 on 28 May 2011 and distribution in the State on 22 July 2009 and 1 March 2010. Judge Martin Nolan also ordered that he be registered as a sex offender.

The court was told that Gardaí found 120 video files and 7,783 images depicting serious child pornography on his computer, although some were copies of the same files.