1 min readBy Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent
Former Irish Olympic swimming coach and child abuser George Gibney to be sentenced

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Gibney, 77, will face justice for abusing athletes in the 1970s and 80s after decades of effort to track and extradite him
More than half a century after he started sexually abusing children, and enjoyed prestige as Ireland’s Olympic swimming coach before fleeing to the United States, George Gibney is to face justice.
The 77-year-old is to be sentenced at the central criminal court in Dublin on Monday for abusing four young female athletes in the 1970s and 1980s.
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- 81 words · 1 min read
- Published
- October 11, 2026
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- Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent
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- The Guardian