Ireland Crime

Named as

Victim

Born

Between April 2009 and April 2010, from the ages reported

Offences

Assault, Sexual abuse (indecent assault)

Where

Co. Dublin

Reporting

3 reports, 16 Apr 2025 to 8 Dec 2025

Outlets

irishtimes.com, irishmirror.ie, dublinlive.ie

• Former teacher sentenced to 10 years for indecent assault in Blackrock Sexual abuse (indecent assault) · Co. Dublin

  Peter Kelly, 73, a former maths teacher at Willow Park primary school in Blackrock, Dublin, was sentenced to 10 years in prison on 8 December 2025 for 28 counts of indecent assault of eight boys aged 10 to 13 in the 1970s and 1980s. The abuse involved Kelly taking boys under his black cloak and running his hands over their torsos and buttocks under the guise of tickling. A complaint was made in 2001, leading to Kelly's resignation in 2004, but the DPP decided not to prosecute at that time. Kelly was convicted by a Dublin Circuit Criminal Court jury after a two-week trial in November 2025 and did not accept the verdict. Judge Elma Sheahan imposed a global consecutive sentence of 10 years, noting aggravating factors including breach of trust and age disparity, and mitigating factors including no prior convictions and ill health.

  Sentenced, 8 Dec 2025Victim · 1 report
• Assault on mother and teen in Dublin park under investigation Assault · Co. Dublin

  On 15 April 2025, a group of five or six boys aged eight to eleven attacked 15-year-old Matthew and his mother Anna S in Lanesborough Park, Dublin 11, after trying to steal Matthew's hat. Matthew was hit in the head multiple times with a metal stick and sustained three bumps on his skull, while one of the boys tried to punch Anna and threw a water bottle at her. The boys ran away when Anna said she was calling the Gardaí but returned, and one threw the bottle at her. The incident was reported on 16 April 2025 and remains under investigation, with no arrests or charges made.

  Reported, 16 Apr 2025Victim · 2 reports

Each entry shows how that report described them.

1. 8 Dec2025
   Sentencedirishtimes.com, in Former teacher sentenced to 10 years for indecent assault in Blackrock

   ‘Justice was done,’ says Willow Park abuse survivor after ex-teacher Peter Kelly jailed for 10 years

   victim, Matthew, maleMatthew♂
2. 16 Apr2025
   Reportedirishmirror.ie, in Assault on mother and teen in Dublin park under investigation

   Mum and teen son attacked by gang of boys in terrifying incident in Dublin park

   victim, Matthew, 15, maleMatthew♂15
3. 16 Apr2025
   Reporteddublinlive.ie, in Assault on mother and teen in Dublin park under investigation

   Mum and teen attacked by gang of boys in Dublin park

   victim, Matthew, 15, maleMatthew♂15

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