Man (48) admits sex assaults

A Dublin man has pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting five children from a neighbour's family.

A Dublin man has pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting five children from a neighbour's family.

The 48-year-old man was remanded on continuing bail for sentence in the Central Criminal Court on December 4th. He admitted five charges of sexual assault, relating to the three sisters, now aged 15, 13, and eight, on dates between 1991 and 1994. He also admitted two charges of sexually assaulting their brothers, aged 12 and 14, in 1993 and 1994.

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