A Laois man convicted of indecently assaulting a girl in his neighbourhood when he was a teenager has been jailed for two and a half years.

A serial rapist jailed for 12 years for the rape and sexual assault of his daughter has today succeeded in having a third of his sentence suspended on appeal.

A MAN who admitted “grooming” his daughter before raping and sexually assaulting her has received a 12-year sentence to run consecutive to an earlier jail term for raping two other teenage girls.

A man who admitted “grooming” his daughter before raping and sexually assaulting her over a nine-year period is to be sentenced later at the Central Criminal Court.