Overview
- Farrell, 70, pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court to abusing four daughters and a son when they were aged three to 17.
- He initially faced 109 charges but admitted three rapes and 19 indecent or sexual assaults for offences between 1979 and 1997 in Co Sligo.
- Evidence detailed severe neglect, including children left hungry, locked for days, and forced to drink urine.
- Four siblings waived anonymity to allow their father to be identified, while a fifth supported naming him without being named.
- He will be placed on the sex-offender register, with no post-release supervision ordered because he would be extremely elderly on release.