'Serial' abuse offender jailed for four years

A convicted sex offender who carried out a "serial type of abuse" on two young brothers 15 years ago has been jailed for four years by Judge Miriam Reynolds at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Eamonn Mackin (aged 66) of no fixed abode, who had a number of convictions for indecent assault in Australia, pleaded guilty to eight of a sample of 38 charges of sexual assault and one attempted sexual assault of the then 12- and 13-year-old boys on dates between January 18, 1991 and August 31, 2003.