Gardai investigate alleged rape of student in Connemara, Co Galway
It is understood that the 19-year-old had travelled to Ireland with a group of students from an American university.Some of the group went to the Connemara Mussel Festival in Tully Cross over the Bank Holiday Weekend.
The young woman claimed to have been raped when she was out socialising during the festival in the early hours of Monday, The Irish Times reports. A garda spokesperson told the Irish Mirror: "Gardaí in Clifden are investigating an alleged sexual assault on a female in the village of Tully Cross, Co Galway, in the early hours of Sunday morning,” a statement said."Owing to the nature of the incident we will not be commenting further at this time.”Our Irish Mirror Sports Page - which brings you all your Irish and UK sports news - can be found here.
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