A 79-year-old Irish citizen, wanted in the United States on various child-sex charges, claims consideration should be given to him being prosecuted in Ireland for the alleged offences.

Child sex abuse victims are attending Galway University Hospital’s emergency department (ED) for examination because the State’s only 24-hour forensic treatment service for under-14s has closed.

Six people have been convicted of sexually abusing girls over several years in Rotherham in the UK.

A former Dragons’ Den star who acted as an adviser to UK prime minister David Cameron has appeared in court over child sex charges.