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    Former Irish Olympic swimming coach George Gibney jailed for 15 and a half years for child abuse

    The Central Criminal Court in Dublin sentenced George Gibney, 78, on Monday, 12 October 2026, for sexually abusing four girls in the 1970s and 1980s. A jury had found him guilty in July of 39 counts of indecent assault and one count of attempted rape.

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