A man has been jailed for 14 years for raping his two sisters on an almost daily basis over four decades ago.
The 62-year-old was convicted following a trial earlier this year of 19 counts of raping one of his sisters on dates between 1977 and 1984.
He was also convicted of eight counts of rape and eight counts of indecent assault against a second sister on dates between 1979 and 1984.
Mr Justice David Keane said there was an abuse of trust and both women had been psychologically damaged by what had happened to them.
He said the siblings' father began sexually abusing the eldest of the two sisters when she was seven-years-old and made the son abuse the girls in the family.
During sentencing today Mr Justice Keane recounted how their mother took them to a refuge and when they returned to the family home months later their father had gone and their brother's abuse got worse.
Mr Justice Keane said the rape of the first sister was "continuous and repetitious, the rape was almost a daily occurrence".
The first sister read her own victim impact statement to the court during the sentence hearing.
She said she had been victimised on a daily basis by her brother but learned quickly not to defend herself.
She outlined how her brother had sexually abused her on a daily basis for 11 years and terrorised her with death threats.
She was left unable to concentrate in school and with lifelong PTSD.
She said she was eight-years-old when she first attempted suicide as she wanted the pain of existence to stop.
The abuse continued after she moved to her grandmother's house to escape.
She described the devastating continuing effect of the offending on her adult life on her family, relationships, health and working life. She said her entire life and future had been destroyed. She said she had never felt loved, safe or that she belonged anywhere.
She described how she had been ostracised by her entire extended family because she would not stop talking about her brother. She said she was "utterly broken" - financially, emotionally and physically.
Mr Justice Keane said the abuse of the second sister began around the time of her communion, but he said she did not know it was sex at that time, she knew it as the game.
The second sister, who was unwell and unable to attend court, told the judge through her victim impact statement that she had been "terrorised into silence" as a child and it had been easier to just give in.
She said she had no defence against her brother as "a little innocent child".
She said that after her older sister was "sent away" to silence her, she choose to be silent.
"I buried your dirty little secret," she said.
The man was between the ages of 14 and 22-years-old during the time of the offences outlined, although the court heard the offending was already occurring on daily basis from when he was 12-years-old.
Mr Justice Keane commended the women on the coming forward to and said their brother has shown no remorse for what he did.
The 62-year-old then shouted out that he is an innocent man.
