Rapist abused his daughters in prison

A rapist sexually abused his daughters while they were visiting him in prison.

The children were barely in their teens when the abuse took place at Castlerea Prison, a court heard.

Their now 52-year-old father had previously carried out acts of abuse on all three of his daughters when they were as young as four, and often beat them with his leather trousers belt, Tullamore Circuit Court heard.