Man jailed after being caught in sting operation in Waterford

Defendant was lured to a location in Waterford under the premise of 'meeting' a teenage girl and was met by a group of online child welfare officers

The man believed he was communicating with teenage girls aged 14-15 years old.

A man will serve three-and-a-half-years in prison after being caught in a sting operation by online ‘paedophile hunters’.

The man, who is in his thirties, sent explicit messages to what he believed were teenage girls aged 14-15 years old. In one message, he wrote: "I'll ride ya like".