Patrick Gageby SC, defending, told the Central Criminal Court sentence hearing on Monday that Gibney (78) now accepts his guilt.

Gibney (now 77) appeared in court in a wheelchair - a much-diminished figure from the coach who once dominated the world of Irish swimming

Decades after he first abused young swimmers under his care, a Central Criminal Court jury today found Gibney, guilty of 39 counts of indecent assault and one count of attempted rape

Gardaí arrested the man on Tuesday morning upon arrival at Dublin airport.

The former Olympic swimming coach is being flown back from the US, where he has lived for years.

US magistrate Judge Daniel Irick made the order at a hearing in Florida on Friday.

George Gibney had sex offence charges against him dismissed in the 1990s.