Reporting restrictions on naming a Tipperary GAA coach jailed last January for sexually abusing three young girls at a school have been removed at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.
Philip Lowry (52), Holy Cross, Thurles, Co Tipperary, was jailed by Judge Joseph Matthews who continued an order prohibiting publication of his identity when he was told there might be further charges against Lowry awaiting trial.
Mr Paul Greene, prosecuting, applied to have the restriction order removed after Judge Matthews was told there was a nolle prosequi entered in the charges awaiting trial and they would not now be proceeding.
Mr Roger Sweetman SC, defending, agreed there were no further proceedings awaiting trial against his client.
Lowry was found guilty by a jury in November 2002 of seven charges of sexual assault on dates in the September 1996-June 1997 school year during football and hurling sessions.
The girls were then aged between six and eight. Judge Matthews said Lowry could be named on condition that none of his victims or the school where he had worked be identified.
The court had heard during the trial that Lowry was working as a coach in a combined GAA and FÁS scheme at national schools in the Tipperary area.
Judge Matthews had imposed a one-year sentence on each of the seven convictions to run concurrently and he unconditionally suspended the final three months.
He had said he hoped the sentence was fair and just to both sides.