'We were treated for rape-related injuries and still sent back into his care'

The siblings who suffered horrific rape and sexual abuse by their father for more than two decades say they were badly let down by the State, which failed to protect them

Siblings, Jessica, Helen, Christopher and Amanda Farrell, who suffered horrific abuse at the hands of their father in Sligo. Pictures: James Connolly

"We were treated for rape-related injuries and still sent back into his care.” 

Those are the words of four siblings who say they fell through the cracks of the State that failed to protect them from years of sexual abuse, violence, and neglect at the hands of their father.