A Mayo man has been jailed for four years for the rape of his nine-year-old cousin in a shed on his family farm 18 years ago.
Noel Gallagher (33) of Dadreen, Louisburg, Mayo, had pleaded not guilty at the Central Criminal Court to anal rape of Dylan Gallagher (27) in Louisburg on a date between October 1, 2006 and March 2007. Mr Gallagher waived his anonymity allowing his cousin to be named.