Ireland Named in reporting
Niall Colgan
Born 1984, from the ages reported. 7 reports across 1 case, 7 Sep 2023 to 7 May 2024
Key facts
from every report naming them- Named as
- Convicted, accused
- Born
- 1984, from the ages reported
- Offences
- Possession of child abuse material
- Where
- Co. Dublin
- Reporting
- 7 reports, 7 Sep 2023 to 7 May 2024
- Outlets
- irishtimes.com, thejournal.ie, rte.ie, dublinlive.ie
Photographs
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Cases
latest first- Former DoJ official sentenced for child abuse material in Dublin Possession of child abuse material · Co. Dublin
Niall Colgan, a 39-year-old man from Muckross Park, Perrystown, Dublin 12, was charged in August 2023 with possessing child abuse material and cannabis at his home on 1 February 2022. Gardaí obtained a search warrant based on information from the online child exploitation unit and seized devices including an iPhone, on which the material was found. Colgan, a former Department of Justice press officer, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court in February 2024 to one count of possessing child pornography. In May 2024, Judge Martin Nolan handed him a one-year prison sentence suspended in full and placed him on the sex offenders register for five years.
Sentenced, 7 May 2024Convicted, accused · 7 reports
Timeline
every report naming Niall Colgan, newest firstEach entry shows how that report described them.
- 7 May2024Former Department of Justice official guilty of possessing child-abuse material avoids jailconvicted, Niall Colgan, 39, male, named, irish (judged from name)Niall Colgan
- 7 May2024Former Department of Justice official avoids jail term for possessing child abuse materialconvicted, Niall Colgan, 39, male, named, irish (judged from name)Niall Colgan
- 19 Feb2024Former Department of Justice official pleads guilty to possessing child-abuse materialconvicted, Niall Colgan, 39, male, named, irish (judged from name)Niall Colgan
- 21 Sep2023Judge orders Department of Justice official to attend court in child abuse image caseaccused, Niall Colgan, 38, male, named, irish (judged from name)Niall Colgan
- 21 Sep2023Department of Justice official ordered to attend court on child abuse images chargesaccused, Niall Colgan, 38, male, named, irish (judged from name)Niall Colgan
- 21 Sep2023DoJ official told to attend court in abuse image caseaccused, Niall Colgan, 38, male, named, irish (judged from name)Niall Colgan
- 7 Sep2023DOJ official appears in court charged with possessing child abuse materialaccused, Niall Colgan, 39, male, named, irish (judged from name)Niall Colgan
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