Thursday 5 November 2026Compiled from published reports. Every claim links to its source.

Ireland Crime

Every case followed from the first report to the sentence, or to where the reporting stopped.

Named in reporting

Niamh Richardson

Born between May 1992 and May 1993, from the ages reported. 4 reports across 1 case, 16 May 2022 to 19 May 2022

Victim: Niamh Richardson, Irish woman, 29 (judged from name)Niamh Richardson

Key facts

from every report naming them
Named as
Victim
Born
Between May 1992 and May 1993, from the ages reported
Offences
Sexual assault (child)
Where
Co. Limerick
Reporting
4 reports, 16 May 2022 to 19 May 2022
Outlets
limerickpost.ie, irishtimes.com

Photographs

as published, with the outlet's credit
Caitríona Hickey and Niamh Richardson who waived their right to anonimity so their uncle John Hogan could be identified as the person who sexually assaulted them as young children.
Caitríona Hickey and Niamh Richardson who waived their right to anonimity so their uncle John Hogan could be identified as the person who sexually assaulted them as young children.
Photocredit not given by the outletvia limerickpost.ie, 19 May 2022
Caitríona Hickey and Niamh Richardson who have waived their right to anonymity so that their uncle John Hogan who had pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting them could be named
Caitríona Hickey and Niamh Richardson who have waived their right to anonymity so that their uncle John Hogan who had pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting them could be named
PhotoLiam Burke/Press 22via irishtimes.com, 17 May 2022

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Cases

latest first
  • Lecturer sentenced for child sexual assault in Limerick Sexual assault (child) · Co. Limerick

    John Hogan, a 59-year-old man and TUS Athlone lecturer, was sentenced at Limerick Circuit Court on 16 May 2022 to three years in prison with the final year suspended for sexually assaulting his two nieces, Niamh Richardson, 29, and Caitríona Hickey, 37, both women, when they were aged eight and ten. The assaults took place at family gatherings and sleepovers in County Limerick and Dublin between 1994 and 2001. The nieces disclosed the abuse to their families in 2017, after which Hogan was arrested and later pleaded guilty to five counts of sexual assault, with five further counts taken into consideration. The victims waived their right to anonymity at sentencing, and Hogan's employer TUS said it was unaware of the charges until media reports.

    Sentenced, 16 May 2022Victim · 4 reports

Timeline

every report naming Niamh Richardson, newest first

Each entry shows how that report described them.

  1. 19 May2022
    Sentencedlimerickpost.ie, in Lecturer sentenced for child sexual assault in Limerick
    TUS unaware lecturer was before courts on child sex charges
    victim, Niamh Richardson, female, irish (judged from name)Niamh Richardson
  2. 18 May2022
    Sentencedirishtimes.com, in Lecturer sentenced for child sexual assault in Limerick
    Lecturer had not informed employer he had been charged with criminal offences
    victim, Niamh Richardson, female, irish (judged from name)Niamh Richardson
  3. 17 May2022
    Sentencedirishtimes.com, in Lecturer sentenced for child sexual assault in Limerick
    Lecturer jailed for sexual assault of two nieces at family gatherings
    victim, Niamh Richardson, 29, female, irish (judged from name)Niamh Richardson
  4. 16 May2022
    Sentencedlimerickpost.ie, in Lecturer sentenced for child sexual assault in Limerick
    #BREAKING: College lecturer jailed for sexually assaulting young Limerick girls
    victim, Niamh Richardson, 29, female, irish (judged from name)Niamh Richardson

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