Stephen Byrne (26), who pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography at his home in Terenure in March 2022. Photograph: Collins CourtsA man who was caught with almost 1.5 million images of child sexual abuse material has been jailed for 27 months. Detective Garda Mairead McKinney told Jennifer Jackson BL, prosecuting, that gardaí began an investigation into the accessing of suspected child sexual abuse material, which led to a warrant being secured to search Byrne’s rented home. Seven of those devices were found to contain child sexual abuse material. He said the most significant aggravating features in the case were the number of images that Byrne had been caught with, and the length of time he had been offending.

Source: The Irish Times November 26, 2025 21:52 UTC