Doyle’s mother to face Garda probe into abuse

The mother of Fiona Doyle, whose father raped her repeatedly for 10 years when she was a child, is to face a Garda investigation for her alleged failure to protect her daughter from the horrific abuse she suffered.

Ms Doyle, a mother of three, said while her father had carried out the rapes, her mother had questions to answer about how her ordeal was allowed to continue in the family home for so long.

She told Pat Kenny on RTÉ Radio she was not sure what form of action could be taken against her mother, who supported her husband during his trial in the Central Criminal Court last month.