Father who raped his young children jailed for life

A 73-year-old father who repeatedly raped his young daughters and sexually abused his son has been jailed for life at the Central Criminal Court today.

The Dublin man was convicted in August of 87 counts of sexually assaulting, raping and orally raping two daughters between the ages of five and 11 and sexually assaulting his son from the age of three to six at various locations from 1997 to 2002.