There have been calls for Barmen/women to be vetted as they have access to children.
A Mayo man is to be sentenced today for regularly sexually assaulting two children in the pub where he worked over 11 years ago.
The 39-year-old man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was convicted at the Central Criminal Court having been tried on 56 charges of sexual assault and rape on dates between June 1999 and September 2000.
The trial heard the girls were between eight and 10 years old at the time of the abuse.
They would go to one of the girls' mother's workplace after school and had developed the practice of watching cartoons in a nearby pub where they regularly used the toilet.
They were sexually abused during these visits by the accused who was a barman..
One of the girls gave evidence that she did not report the abuse until 2008 because she thought it was her own fault.
After he was convicted one victim said her life could now "really begin" while the other said it was a "dream come true".
The accused is to be sentenced today.
A Mayo man is to be sentenced today for regularly sexually assaulting two children in the pub where he worked over 11 years ago.
The 39-year-old man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was convicted at the Central Criminal Court having been tried on 56 charges of sexual assault and rape on dates between June 1999 and September 2000.
The trial heard the girls were between eight and 10 years old at the time of the abuse.
They would go to one of the girls' mother's workplace after school and had developed the practice of watching cartoons in a nearby pub where they regularly used the toilet.
They were sexually abused during these visits by the accused who was a barman..
One of the girls gave evidence that she did not report the abuse until 2008 because she thought it was her own fault.
After he was convicted one victim said her life could now "really begin" while the other said it was a "dream come true".
The accused is to be sentenced today.
