'This should not be my shame to carry': Victim sees 'man of standing' jailed for raping her as a child

A man “of some standing” in his community who repeatedly raped his friend's daughter when she was a child has been jailed for eight years.

Noel Kelleher (aged 64) was found guilty by a jury of six counts of rape, three counts of sexual assault, three counts of oral rape and one count of attempted oral rape of his victim at various locations in Co Clare between June 1991 and August 1992.