Matthew Coward swimming

Swimming coach Matthew Coward, 31, has appeared in court charged with the sexual exploitation of children over a six-month period.

Judge Carroll released him on a €200 bond to appear at Blanchardstown District Court on September 13 to be served with a book of evidence. She stressed that he must keep the phone charged and switched on at all times. Judge Carroll ordered him to reside at his current address and to sign on twice weekly at Santry Garda station.

Matthew Coward, with an address at Shantalla Drive in Santry in Dublin, has been charged with 12 offences under the Child Trafficking and Pornography Act, ...

The offences are alleged to have occured between 1 September 2021 and 17 February 2022. The offences are alleged to have occured between September 2021 and February 2022. There was no garda objection to bail under certain conditions, including that the accused live at the address on the charge sheet, sign on at Santry Garda Station and stay away from the location where the offences are alleged to have occurred.

A SWIMMING coach has appeared in court charged with sexually exploiting girls and producing child pornography at a Dublin pool.

He is to refrain from engaging in any coaching roles. He is also to remain contactable at all times at a phone number provided to the gardai. Under bail terms, he is to stay away from the pool and refrain from coaching.

A swimming coach has appeared in court charged with sexually exploiting girls and producing child pornography at a Dublin pool.

He is to refrain from engaging in any coaching roles. Mr Coward is to stay away from the swimming pool named in the charges and have no contact directly or indirectly with any witnesses. Under bail terms, he is to stay away from the pool and refrain from coaching.

Matthew Coward (31) remanded on bail over offences alleged to have happened at a pool in Dublin.

She also granted the accused legal aid after his solicitor furnished the court with a completed statement of his means which he had also shown to Sgt Behan. Judge Carroll ordered Mr Coward to reside at his current address and to sign on twice weekly at Santry Garda station. She stressed that he must keep the phone charged and switched on at all times.

Matthew Coward of Shantalla Drive, Santry, Dublin 9 was arrested this morning and appeared before the Criminal Courts of Justice this afternoon. The charges ...

A swimming coach has been charged with seven counts of producing child pornography and three of child exploitation. He also faces two counts of possession of child pornography in a separate location. Swimming coach charged with producing child pornography

31-year-old Matthew Coward of Shantalla Drive, Santry, Dublin 9 was arrested and charged this morning and was brought to court.

He also faces two counts of possession of child pornography in a separate location. A Dublin swim coach has been remanded on bail after being charged with a dozen counts relating to the production and possession of child pornography and the exploitation of children. He appeared before the Criminal Courts of Justice this afternoon, facing three counts of sexual exploitation and seven counts of producing child pornography, which took place at a swimming pool in Dublin between September 1st, 2021, and the 17th of February 2022.