‘You deal with paedophile’

The woman who was sexually abused by a wheelchair-bound paedophile when she was a teenager said it is up to the courts and prison service to deal with him in whatever way they see fit.

Martin Davoren, aged 61, from from Corcullen, Moycullen, Co Galway, was due to start a five-year term on Tuesday but was sent home due to a lack of suitable facilities at Castlerea Prison.

Davoren, who has been paralysed from the waist down since he was involved in a road-traffic accident when he was 22 years old, could not be accommodated by prison authorities due to his disability and medical needs.