Figures show just over 6,300 suspected sex offenders were prosecuted out of over 19,600 accused people.

The group has also recommended that priority should be given to returning Mountjoy Prison to single-cell occupancy

Max Hollingsbee, 21, of Lurgan is to serve 31 months in prison and 31 months on licence.

Sonya Stokes told a demonstration held at City Hall on Thursday evening that her abuser and all other convicted sex offenders should be housed on “Spike Island".

Anthony Quigley from Roches Heights, Mitchelstown, Co Cork appeared before Cork Circuit Criminal Court having previously pleaded guilty to engaging in offensive conduct of a sexual nature following an incident in his hometown last year.

The figures show that more than half the number of the sex offenders jailed at Arbour Hill are older than 50 years of age accounting for 62 of the 105.