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22nd December 2016
09:08am GMT
"The children involved here are very, very small," "This is going to have to be handled in such a very sensitive way by the authorities. It is going to be very complex. "It will be many months before gardaí will be able to establish exactly what happened."Special interviewers are expected to be drafted in by the Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Investigation Unit to question children during the investigation. "An Garda Síochána is investigating a complaint and is currently working with Tusla. The investigation is at an early stage and is of a sensitive nature and we are therefore not in a position to comment any further as this is an ongoing investigation," a spokesman said.
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