Six-month term for man who sexually abused daughter, 5, is ‘too lenient’

A six-month sentence given to a Roscommon man convicted of sexually abusing his five-year-old daughter is "too lenient", it has been claimed.

Ellen O’Malley-Dunlop, CEO of the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre, said that the sentence did not “reflect the gravity of the crime”.

“I believe this is too lenient a sentence for such a serious offence against a child,” she said.