Mr Justice Tony Hunt described it as a “repugnant feature” of the case that his “own flesh and blood [was] abused in a massive breach of trust”

Judge Dara Hayes said it was clear that the man’s behaviour had “a considerable impact” on the teenager. He said it represented a “serious breach of trust”.

The couple who cannot be named by order of the court are suing for nervous shock over the death of their daughter four years ago

Ms Justice Melanie Greally said the court has a duty to make sure there is a fair trial.

The Dublin man pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to assault causing harm, making threats to kill or cause serious harm and breach of a protection order on August 19th, 2022

Karen Harkin read her victim impact statement during the sentencing on Monday of her father Michael Carter (55) who was found guilty last month of one count of rape and 25 counts of sexual assault when his daughter was aged between nine and 12 years old.

In dismissing the application, Ms Justice Isobel Kennedy said the court was not persuaded that the trial judge erred in refusing an application for a not guilty direction.

A Dublin man has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison for indecently assaulting his daughter when she was aged between four and seven years old

The mother, who has connections to Ireland, and her pre-school aged child travelled to Ireland from England in 2022, after she claims she had been subjected to incidents of domestic violence by the child's father.

He also pleaded to two counts of possession of child sex abuse material at his home on December 7th, 2019

His daughter spoke of her sense of betrayal that her father went on to abuse more children.

A man who gave his friend a handgun that was used to shoot a mother-of-one in her home while her eight-year-old daughter hid under the kitchen table has been jailed for nine-and-a-half years

Patrick Shiels (66) sexually abused and orally raped his daughter when she was aged between four and eight

In praising her daughter's courage, Dee Dixon said not being able to communicate with her terrified daughter was 'worse than having a stroke'

Patrick Shiels (66) sexually abused and orally raped his daughter, who was aged between four and eight at the time

John Murphy (65), a former member of the Defence Forces, previously pleaded guilty to numerous counts of rape, indecent and sexual assault against his daughter Sophia

Had the CFA “just done its job” and acted upon the woman’s plea six years ago, “who knows” what type of progress towards family reunification could have occurred, the judge said.

Prosecution counsel said this was a case in which Heidi died effectively from ingesting methadone in her home at a time when Ms Douglas had the care of her daughter

Two-year-old Heidi Douglas died on April 19th, 2016, three days after she had been itted to Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital in Crumlin.