A retired Limerick firefighter has been found not guilty of sexually assaulting a babysitter at his former homes in Shannon and Limerick.

A retired firefighter denied getting a babysitter to perform oral sex on him and to digitally penetrating her vagina at when she was aged 11 to 16.

A woman told a court that a Limerick firefighter, now retired, convinced her it was normal to perform oral sex on him when, as a child, she babysat at his home.