The Irish police are to seek the extradition from Malta of an Irish man who allegedly raped his mother on Mother's Day, The Herald has reported.

The 44-year-old is also thought to have been involved in other serious assaults on elderly women in Dublin.

His mother, who is in her late 60s, has not been able to live on her own since March, when she suffered the attack.

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