Abuse accused claims family home 'could not have been happier'

A Dublin father has denied physically or sexually abusing his children and said they their family home “could not have been happier” before his children were taken into care.

Abuse accused claims family home 'could not have been happier'

A Dublin father has denied physically or sexually abusing his children and said they their family home “could not have been happier” before his children were taken into care.

The accused told his defence counsel that if the allegations were true he would have pleaded guilty years ago and he claimed his son’s only memories of the family home were what his foster mother had told him.

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