The 23-year-old man was 21 when he sexually assaulted the then 15-year-old girl after waking her in the night when she was staying in the family home of her grandmother.

A survey found that 60 per cent of people think the family home should be exempt

The teen was remanded to the Oberstown Children Detention Campus after appearing before Judge Maire Conneely at Dublin District Court.

The High Court already held that her husband did not appreciate the charge extended beyond his quarry lands and included his family home

A house, garden and adjoining land in Dundalk is being searched and forensically examined. It was known to have been Kyran's family home until May of this year.