2026-02-20
'Truly shocking': 20 years for abuser who starved children and forced them to drink urine
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: He said there was no need to impose a post-release supervision order, because if Farrell "does emerge from a custodial sentence", he will be extremely elderly. Farrell, of Rathedmond Estate, Sligo, made no visible reaction as the sentence was handed down, while the complainants in the case embraced each other.