Granddad gets 13 years for sex abuse

A Kerry grandfather, described as a “wolf in sheep’s clothing”, has been jailed for 13 years for the sexual abuse of his daughter and two of his granddaughters.

At the Central Criminal Court, the father of the youngest victim, who was the first child to report the abuse, urged parents to be vigilant if they had the “slightest inkling that a child was a little off”.

He thanked the child’s teacher who had just finished the Stay Safe programme with the class when his daughter revealed her own abuse. Her grandfather, who raped and sexually assaulted the child while babysitting her, had told her it was “their little secret”.