Father convicted of raping two daughters

A convicted Clare sex offender has been found guilty by a jury of sexually abusing two of his daughters in a County Offaly town land and may now have a previous suspended sentence re-activated as a result.

The Dublin Circuit Criminal Court jury returned 10 guilty verdicts by 11-1 majority of sexual assault on two of his daughters on dates between September 2001 and December 2004. He was acquitted on one count.