Tom Humphries

This article is about an Irish sports journalist. For the American university professor, see Tom L. Humphries.

Tom Humphries
Born
London, United Kingdom
NationalityIrish
EducationSt. Joseph's Secondary C.B.S., Fairview
University College Dublin
OccupationFormer sports journalist

Tom Humphries is a former sports journalist and columnist who wrote for The Irish Times while volunteering at a North Dublin Gaelic games club. His career as a leading sportswriter was ended after his history of child sexual abuse emerged in 2011. In 2017, he pleaded guilty to a number of child sex offences and received a 2+1⁄2 year imprisonment sentence.[1][2] Maeve Sheehan, writing in the Sunday Independent, noted as his prison sentence concluded in 2019: "As one of the off sex offenders who was famous before he went to prison, his crimes ensure his name will stay on the public radar for years to come".[3]

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  2. ^ Phelan, Shane (24 October 2017). "Former journalist Tom Humphries jailed for two and a half years for the defilement of a child". Irish Independent. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
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