Elderly man jailed for sexually abusing daughters

A 79-year-old man has been jailed for two and a half years for sexually abusing his two young daughters during the 1970s and 1980s.

The Dublin man, who cannot be named to protect the identity of his daughters, was found guilty by a jury at the Central Criminal Court last February of rape, buggery and 19 charges of indecent assault against one daughter and 25 counts of indecent assault against another between 1975 and 1981.