The trial of a Clare man accused of sexually assaulting his two daughters is continuing with legal arguement in the absence of the jury at the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A eight-year-old girl has claimed at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court that her father used his penis to put cream on a rash on her bottom.

A High Court judge today launched a scathing attack on conditions in the Special Criminal Court and contrasted them to the luxurious surroundings of the Court Service headquarters.