‘I thought every little girl had to do this with her Dada’ – rape victim tells of trauma than began when she was three years old

Noreen Honan’s father Patrick abused her throughout her childhood

Noreen Honan leaves the Criminal Courts of Justice after her father was jailed for 11-and-a-half years

Ali Bracken

Sometimes, after he raped her, Patrick Honan would give his daughter a 10 pence piece.

Noreen Honan would run across the road to the local shop in rural Doonbeg, Co Clare, and buy her favourite drink – Tip Top, in raspberry or cola flavour.