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.

Rape victim Fiona Doyle says she is “delighted” that Enda Kenny has agreed to meet her and sees it as a sign that he is willing to listen to victims of sexual crimes.

As the latest victim of a high-profile sex abuse case prepares to meet the Taoiseach, the political establishment can no longer avoid discussing the need to reform the system for sentencing.

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

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.

Any society that does not insist that its courts reflect its mores, humanity, its struggle to be human and humane, and its determination to hold those found guilty of the most savage attacks on others to account sows the seeds of its own downfall.

NO less an authority than the Supreme Court has said that a non-custodial sentence in cases of rape should be “wholly exceptional” — so why is Patrick O’Brien still walking around 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.