A man has been remanded in custody ahead of his sentencing for having sex with a 13-year-old girl that he befriended on a social networking site.

A CONVICTED sex offender who hoarded over 35,000 child pornographic images and movie files after downloading the material in internet cafes has been given a two-year jail-term.

A north Wicklow man who sexually abused two nieces over 30 years ago has been jailed for three years by Mr Justice Iarfhlaith O'Neill at the Central Criminal Court.

A former Christian Brother from the North Monastery in Cork was told today that he could thank the victim he sexually assaulted for the fact that he was not going to prison.

MANY people who download and store child pornography pose no risk to society and are likely to benefit from long-term counselling, a leading psychologist at the Granada Institute said yesterday.