A convicted paedophile has been jailed for life for raping two young boys in Dublin city centre locations between 2004 and 2006.
Philip Sullivan (43) a native of Kildare town and with an address at Botanic Road, Glasnevin had already served two previous separate sentences for similar offences over a decade ago.
Sullivan pleaded guilty to 11 counts including rape, attempted rape and sexual assault on two young males on dates from April 2004 to July 2006.
The Central Criminal Court heard Sullivan was previously jailed for two concurrent terms of four years each at Naas Circuit Criminal Court on November 21st, 1995 and for a five year term at the Central Criminal Court on October 6th 1997 - all for male sex assaults.
Mr Justice Paul Carney directed that Sullivan be registered as a sex offender and said he had destroyed incredibly young lives as well as abusing the trust that had been placed in him.
"Under normal circumstances these latest would have warranted a 12-year sentence reduced to 10 years on mitigation but his previous convictions have escalated this case into a whole different category," Mr Justice Carney said.
He said that by his actions Sullivan had shown he did not respond to treatment programmes and counselling. He imposed concurrent life sentences on each rape charge and five years on the sexual assault counts.
Mr Justice Carney refused an application by Sullivan's counsel for leave to appeal the sentence.