24/08/2007

Gardaí Investigate Alleged Sex Assault In Dublin

Gardaí have launched an investigation into an alleged sexual assault on a woman in west Dublin in the early hours of Friday morning.

It is understood that Gardaí were called around 4:30am by a man who found a woman on the Baldonnell Road who said that she had been sexually assaulted.

A forensic examination was conducted at the scene and part of the road was closed as a result, but it has since reopened.

(KMcA/SP)

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