The Garda investigation had taken place over three years, the District Court sitting was told. It involved a number of locations and the matters alleged were “very serious” and the alleged harm was “grave”, the court heard.
The man is accused of 112 counts in the case of one child. These include 17 counts of rape, 17 counts of aggressive sexual assault and 16 counts of sexual assault. He is also accused of 28 counts of neglect and 28 of wilful cruelty against the child. Sgt Foley said the State was objecting to bail because of the “very very serious charges”. All the allegations related to harm of a grave degree, she said.
The allegations include 16 counts of sexual assault; five of sexual exploitation and 36 of child neglect in the case of one child. She faces 22 other counts of child neglect involving four children.
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