Man, 76, admits raping nine-year-old granddaughter

A 76-year-old man has pleaded guilty to raping his nine-year-old granddaughter in a Wexford town in 1994.

The west Dublin pensioner admitted he raped her in July 1994 and also pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court to sexually assaulting her on a date from January 18, 1992 to January 17, 1994.