KILDARE: Man accused of assaulting his two daughters while drunk

A County Kildare father was accused of assaulting two of his daughters while intoxicated.

The claim was made during an in-camera (in private) Naas District Court session on Thursday, September 21 last.

Defending solicitor David Gibbons told Judge Desmond Zaidan that his clients denies all the allegations made against him.

The defendant stands accused of punching one daughter eight times, and of grabbing the other daughter's hand and putting it against a wall.

Judge Zaidan adjourned the case to a date in October.

He granted bail for the accused.