Man jailed for using internet to contact estranged daughters

A Louth father who posted pictures and details of his estranged daughters on the internet has been jailed for two years by Judge Patrick McCarten who had barred him previously from contacting them.

Patrick Joseph Rogan (aged 38) of Maple Close, Dundalk posted the matter on the Bebo internet site on October 10 last and made contact with a friend of his daughters who found the matter "disturbing" and brought it to the attention of her mother and of Garda Robbie Peelo.