A man in his 60s has gone on trial charged with 189 counts of indecent assault against nine young girls.
The man, who is from Kilkenny, pleaded not guilty to all 189 charges put to him during his arraignment, which lasted almost two hours at Kilkenny Circuit Court yesterday.
The alleged offences were said to have taken place at two locations in Kilkenny on dates between January 1964 and December 1985.
A jury was sworn in yesterday and put in charge of the trial which is expected to last two weeks.
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Judge Olive Buttimer ordered that the trial be heard in camera.