Galway Bay FM newsroom- A Ballinasloe man has been sentenced to ten years in prison for sexually assaulting and exploiting children.
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Former RTÉ producer Kieran Creaven, of Adelaide Street in Dún Laoghaire, engaged with them online and also travelled to the Philippines in 2014 where he sexually abused a young girl.
He came to Garda attention after being arrested in Leeds four years ago following a sting operation by a so-called pedophile hunter group.
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Speaking outside court, Detective Superintendent Barry Walsh said gardaí work closely with other police forces to bring people like Kieran Creavan to justice: