Mr Justice Paul McDermott said the violent and abusive actions of the defendant were brutally executed for his own gratification

The young woman outlined how she felt she had lost the support of her family and got through some her darkest hours alone over the five and a half years since the offence occurred.

No closing speech was made by defence counsel on behalf of the accused and his legal team did not carry out a cross-examination, meaning the victim did not have to attend court

Detective Inspector Kieran Hanley told Justice Paul McDermott that the offender's behaviour was “of great concern”

“Too many cases seem to be a lack of understanding of the simplest of words ‘no’,” the judge said.

Denis Nolan formerly of The Presbytery, Rathnew, Co Wicklow, is currently serving a 13-year sentence for the sexual abuse of two boys.

Ms Justice Aileen Donnelly described the ground of appeal as “speculative” and “divorced from the reality of the trial”

The woman was asleep in her upstairs bedroom when her former partner broke into the house. A number of their six children were also present asleep at the residence.

The man is already serving a seven-year prison term, imposed in June 2020, for the multiple sexual assaults on four girls at his flat in Dublin.

The new report shows that the number of alleged rapes and sexual assaults reported last year increased by 17 per cent to 859 at six SATUs

The victim was aged between one and eight when his father raped and molested him

Michael Golden (73) of Crosspatrick, Killala, Co Mayo was convicted unanimously by a jury following a Central Criminal Court trial last month of seven courts of indecent assault, four counts of sexual assault and nine counts of oral rape against four children on dates between 1980 and 1997