A Tipperary man who had sex with a 13-year-old girl 100 times has been given a 2 1/2-year suspended sentence by Judge Elizabeth Dunne at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.
The 19-year-old man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, pleaded guilty to 12 sample counts of unlawful carnal knowledge of the girl between November 1997 and January 1999.
Judge Dunne made an order prohibiting publication of the name of the town in which they lived but said she was reluctant to impose reporting restrictions as the public had a right to know. She said the defendant was old enough to have known better when the offences took place.