Six women and five men have been remanded on bail to appear before the Central Criminal Court for trial on charges of more than 200 counts of sexual offences and neglect of children.

The eleven accused persons, who cannot be named for legal reasons, were brought before a court today which cannot be identified.

Each of them were served with a completed book of evidence and returned for trial.

The 220 offences are alleged to have occurred on dates between 2014 and 2016.

They include 20 counts of child cruelty or neglect, 78 counts of the sexual exploitation of a child, 26 counts of the rape of a child and 96 counts of the sexual assault of a child.

All 11 accused were remanded on bail to the current sittings of the Central Criminal Court for a date for trial.

Reporting by David Raleigh