AdvertisementThe man pleaded guilty to eight sample counts at the Central Criminal Court pertaining to five victims – his two teenage daughters, his younger daughter's two friends and a friend of his older girl. The offences occurred on dates between June 2024 and July 2025 at the man's Leinster home. The judge said this was not casual and that the man was manipulative and methodical in his offending, “targeting the friendships his children had innocently developed”. AdvertisementThe judge noted that the court had “no forensic explanation” for the cause of the man’s offending or his interest in children. “One can only imagine the torture they have put themselves through,” the judge said, noting they must have questioned themselves many times.