Man tells court it became a 'challenge' to access 900 images of child sexual abuse

The defendant was handed a two-year sentence, suspended in full on strict conditions on Thursday

The court heard that 220 of the 954 images were in the most serious category of a child sexual nature. 580 images were categorised as child exposure, and 216 were of child anime. File picture

A man found in possession of over 900 images of child sexual abuse material told gardaí it became a challenge to access this material.

Joseph Doyle, aged 68, of Vesey Mews, Monkstown, Co. Dublin, pleaded guilty to possession of child sexual abuse material, known in law as child pornography, on May 27, 2019. He was handed a two-year sentence, suspended in full on strict conditions on Thursday.