Delivering judgment at the three-judge court on Friday, Mr Justice Michael MacGrath jailed the defendant for nine years, saying the offending involved was “grave” and was “as close as might be” to attempted rape.

The Scoping Inquiry predicted a vast scale of historical child sexual abuse in Irish schools, and recommended redress for victims, the Christian Brothers has the largest number of schools and allegations.

Nine locations were searched and 18 devices have been seized as evidence.

Edward Molyneaux was last month found guilty by unanimous verdict of more than 60 counts of raping and sexually assaulting his daughter

Simon Harris said he would work on a cross-party basis on the matter.

Commissioner Drew Harris said the vast majority of these are from men and relate to alleged sexual abuse.

Nine children from a family of 10 have been taken from their parents on the basis of alleged neglect or abuse, the High Court heard on Monday

Simon Harris also did not rule out the compulsory purchase of assets held by the religious organisations to fund redress.

Simon Harris said there should be a ‘collective sense of national shame’ over historical sexual abuse at schools run by religious orders

A commission of investigation is to be established to examine historical sexual abuse claims.

He also said he feared the numbers could have been underestimated.

Almost 2,400 allegations of historical sexual abuse were recorded by 308 schools run by religious orders across Ireland.

The 700-page report said the claims were made against 884 alleged abusers in day and boarding schools run by 42 religious orders.

The Government has announced that a Commission of Investigation is to be established to examine the abuse allegations.

The report reviewed allegations of historical child sexual abuse, made against religious, lay staff, and clergy.

Survivors who spoke to the scoping inquiry said it affected their intimate relationships, parenting and careers.

Education Minister Norma Foley has announced that a Commission of Investigation will examine historical abuse allegations.

The Government-appointed scoping inquiry said it had contacted 73 religious orders that ran or are still running schools in Ireland.

William Ryan (38) has pleaded not guilty to three counts of sexual assault and not guilty to one count of false imprisonment of a woman at Aughrim Garda Station, Main Street, Aughrim, Co Wicklow on September 29th, 2020.

The Labour leader put forward the idea after former female footballers spoke out about unwanted sexual advances in the 1990s

FAI interim chief executive David Courell apologised on behalf of the organisation.

FAI interim chief executive David Courell apologised on behalf of the organisation.

Ms Justice Ann Power formally opened the inquiry on Monday

The abuses were uncovered in the RTÉ Investigates documentary which aired on Wednesday night

Serious animal welfare abuses were uncovered in an RTÉ Investigates documentary which aired on Wednesday night.

The Children’s Committee reviewed the Barnahus model for tackling child sexual abuse on Tuesday.

The court heard that after they were placed in care, the eldest three children started to make disclosures in relation to sexual abuse at the hands of their parents and other relatives

Helen McEntee said the Government has increased the maximum sentence for attacks on officers from seven years to 12 because of the surge in assaults.

Mark Doyle (38) admitted five counts of assault causing harm to Meav Doyle and two counts of assaulting two of her sons causing them harm

Judge Francis Comerford lifted previously imposed reporting restrictions on the naming of Jim Harmon

World Cup final referee Wayne Barnes received death threats during the tournament in France.

The abuse was described as an “egregious breach of the normal trust between a married couple”