Abuse by Limerick father ‘has destroyed my life’

A Limerick man who sexually abused his daughter from the ages of 13 to 16 has been jailed for seven years.

Pat Healy, aged 66, of Norwood Park, Garryowen, Limerick, pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court to indecently assaulting his daughter at their family home on dates between 1981 and 1984. He has no previous convictions.

The now 46-year-old woman indicated that she wished to waive her right to anonymity so her father could be named.