Frank Greaney
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1,000 appearances
7 recordings
3 series
first heard Jun 2026
last heard 7 Jul
Frank Greaney’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Well, firstly, I suppose in terms of the verdicts, you've summed it up nicely there.
He was found guilty of multiple charges of abuse involving four children, the most serious of which is the attempted rape of a then 12-year-old girl back in the 1970s.
He was also convicted of all but one of the 40 indecent assault charges that went to the jury.
33 other counts of indecent assault were taken out of the jury's hands by direction of the judge, so they didn't have to concern themselves with those charges.
And at the outset of the trial, George Gibney pleaded guilty to five counts of indecent assault.
And all of the abuse took place on various dates in the 1970s and 1980s.
And yes, your listeners may wonder why they haven't heard more about George Gibney on trial over the past few weeks.
He was all over the papers and indeed the airwaves when he was arrested.
in the US and brought back to Ireland to face these charges but as soon as he was formally charged the case was then considered to be before the courts and as a result we weren't able to name him we weren't able to say anything that could lead to his identification we couldn't even describe him as a former swimming coach because George Gibney as you've so well put it Matt
He is so well known for his career in that field that it was felt that it would be very easy for somebody at home to join the dots if we described an accused person on trial as being a former swimming coach.
So due to the charges he faced, he was entitled to anonymity.
But now that he has been convicted, that right falls away.
And I should say that the four survivors of his abuse, now grown women, they're still entitled to their anonymity.
And this was a long time coming because
You may remember a few years ago, the BBC aired a very popular podcast called Where is George Gibney?
And on the back of that, these four women came forward.
By then, it was believed that Gibney was in the US.
And a few years ago, an arrest warrant was issued by a court here in Ireland.
He was arrested in Florida.
He was brought home to face charges.
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