16 Facts About Tom Humphries

Tom Humphries is a former sports journalist and columnist who wrote for The Irish Times while volunteering at a North Dublin Gaelic games club.

Tom Humphries was educated at St Joseph's Christian Brothers School in Fairview.

Tom Humphries has a Bachelor of Commerce degree and a Higher Diploma in Education from University College Dublin.

Tom Humphries ran unsuccessfully for the office of President of the UCD Student Union in 1986; Ulick Stafford defeated him.

Tom Humphries began writing columns for The Irish Times during the early 1990s.

Tom Humphries's writings contained references to "the cunning of paedophiles" and of sport as "a fine feeding ground for those few sick minds who prey on kids".

Tom Humphries was for many years a regular among children at a North Dublin Gaelic games club.

Besides his regular sports reporting and feature articles, Tom Humphries wrote a Monday column in The Irish Times called "Locker Room".

Tom Humphries received international attention in May 2002 for his interview with Irish footballer Roy Keane on the island of Saipan, during the national football team's preparation to take part in the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

Originally, Tom Humphries planned to write an article based on the interview, but Keane's openly critical remarks about preparations for the World Cup and the attitudes of the team management, the players, and the Football Association of Ireland, led to the interview appearing as a verbatim transcript on the front page of The Irish Times and continuing inside the newspaper.

Tom Humphries subsequently spent a year in a psychiatric facility, before being arrested in September 2012.

Tom Humphries had not written for The Irish Times since 2011, but was formally suspended after being charged.

Tom Humphries began serving his sentence at the Midlands Prison in Portlaoise.

Tom Humphries was offered therapy but declined, having earlier claimed he was remorseful for his crimes while in court.

Tom Humphries studied Spanish while in jail, believed to be an indicator of his intentions upon completion of his sentence; Humphries spent time in Spain before his trial.

Tom Humphries was released from prison on 16 August 2019, having served 19 months.