The Church of Ireland says personnel at St Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin engaged fully with the authorities regarding a lay worker, Patrick O'Brien, who was yesterday charged with indecently assaulting ten boys

A lay church worker has appeared in court charged with indecently assaulting 10 boys over 13 years.

A 74-year-old Dublin man, who repeatedly raped his daughter as a child, has had his jail sentence tripled on appeal.

The new Court of Appeal will hear an application from prosecutors that the sentence handed down to the father of well-known abuse victim Fiona Doyle was unduly lenient.

The DPP has lodged appeal papers in the office of the Court of Criminal Appeal regarding the case of Patrick O'Brien, it was announced this afternoon.

Fiona Doyle has told the Taoiseach she hopes that minimum sentences for rape and assault will be introduced.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny will meet with rape victim Fiona Doyle today.

The daughter of rape victim Fiona Doyle has said her mother has paved the way for victims everywhere.

Full transcript of statement from rape victim Fiona Doyle following today's court decision.

Mr Justice Paul Carney has revoked bail in the case of 72-year-old child rapist Patrick O'Brien, who abused his daughter for a decade.

A 72-year-old serial rapist who walked free from court, having received a 3 year jail sentence, is back before the Central Criminal Court this morning.

The case of a 72-year-old serial rapist who walked free from court on bail is back before the Central Criminal Court tomorrow.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny said today that he is willing to meet rape victim Fiona Doyle.

The Rape Crisis Network is reporting a spike in calls to their service after a rapist in his 70s was freed on bail this week, having been convicted of abusing his daughter.

The Taoiseach has said that he hopes the Court of Criminal Appeal will deal quickly with the case of a man freed after being sentenced for raping his daughter.

A group founded by victims of sexual abuse has said that yesterday’s verdict by Judge Carney in the case of a 72-year-old man convicted of raping his daughter for many years will send the wrong message to victims of abuse.

There have been calls for tougher sentences in cases of rape and sexual assault - after a 72-year-old man was bailed despite pleading guilty to the rape of his daughter over a nine-year period.

The daughter of a 72-year-old man who raped her for several years has said that she is "devastated" after he was released on bail today.

A woman who was raped as a child by her father for 10 years told gardaí that the abuse became as frequent as having dinner, a court has heard.

Management at Liberty Insurance are to open a 30-day consultation with staff today, as they seek to achieve the 285 jobs cuts announced yesterday.

Two men, who have been found guilty of a double Limerick murder, have been given mandatory life sentences each at the Central Criminal Court following a three-week trial.

Two cousins have been convicted of the murder of a man and a woman who were shot in a house in Limerick last year.

The jury in a Limerick double-murder trial is to commence its deliberations tomorrow morning.

The jury in a double Limerick murder trial were shown CCTV footage of the movements of two people through O'Malley Park prior to the shootings in which two people were killed.

A mobile phone forensic analysis has given evidence in a double Limerick murder trial that one of the accused telephoned the partner of one of the victim four times three hours after the murders had taken place.

A trial of two men accused of a double murder in Limerick has heard today that a brother of one of the accused told gardaí he saw “a gun pointed down towards the ground” in the back seat of a car he and the two accused were travelling in.

A man has told a trial of two men accused of a double murder in Limerick that one of the accused called to his house to collect a gun the morning of the shootings.

The partner of a Limerick man who was shot dead along with another woman in his home has told a trial one of the accused arrived at her house the day of the killings to offer his condolences but that he “seemed agitated”.

A sister of Limerick murder victim Breda Waters has admitted at the Central Criminal Court she was having an affair with one of the accused but it ended a month prior to the shooting dead of Ms Waters and Desmond Kelly.

A trial of two men accused of a double murder in Limerick has heard the victims “met death in a violent fashion.”

LAUNCHED at the same time as the announcement of the Local Area Plans, this small scheme at Knockraha, Co Cork, is a text-book example of what the planners want for Cork county.