Man who raped goddaughter is jailed for nine years

A man who raped his cousin when she was a child nearly 40 years ago has been jailed for nine years.

The 60-year-old Galway man, who cannot be named to protect the anonymity of his victim, was found guilty by a jury of two counts of indecently assaulting his cousin and two counts of raping her at her family home on unknown dates between 1982 and 1984.