NIALL MCELWEE RETURNS TO GALWAY

Date Published: 18-Jul-2007

Former lecturer Dr Niall McElwee has arrived back in Galway.The childcare expert, from Rockfield Athenry, who resigned from Athlone Institute of Technology earlier this month, last night returned from a short stay in Scotland.An investigation has been launched into how Dr. McElwee managed to retain his position as head of the Centre for Child and Youth Care Learning at Athone IT, despite the fact that he had been convicted of attempted indecent assault in the Netherlands in 2005.Management consultant Conal Devine has been appointed to head up the Health Service Executive inquiry into the case, the terms of which will be published later today.