9 h. ago Woman sexually assaulted at Cork spa after masseur asked if she would like a surprise, court hears

Sgt Brendan McBridge told Judge Helen Boyle that the hotel employee asked the 40-year-old woman if she would like a surprise. She was under the impression that the surprise might involve additional oils.

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10 h. ago Masseur pleads guilty to sexually assaulting a woman while giving her a massage at a Cork hotel

The judge indicated that the case merited a custodial sentence as she remanded Lenon De Souza Seara in custody.

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11 h. ago Masseur admits to sexually assaulting woman during massage at Co Cork hotel

Woman says she immediately sprang up from the massage table, saying: ‘No, no, no’

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21 h. ago Grace case: Calls by special rapporteur for ‘inquiry into inquiry’

Review into alleged sexual abuse of intellectually disabled woman ended after eight years

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61 h. ago Gardaí appeal for help identifying man suspected of sexual assault in Co Cork

The suspect is thought to be a man in his 30s, of medium height and build and dark hair

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2 w. ago ‘Grace’ wronged and harmed in many different ways in ‘absolute, abject failure’, HSE chief says

Inquiry finds no evidence of sexual, emotional or physical abuse while woman was in care of family for 20 years

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2 w. ago Grace Case report: Evidence woman in care was neglected, but not physically or sexually abused

The report published today cost more than €13 million and runs to 2,000 pages long.

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2 w. ago Dublin clothes shop owner accused of lifting up woman's skirt and making sexual comments to her in his store

Dublin clothes shop owner accused of lifting up woman's skirt and making sexual comments to her in his store  The Irish Independent

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2 w. ago Young woman found not guilty of sexual abuse of her cousin as children

The jury returned not guilty verdicts against the now 20-year-old Dublin woman on all 12 counts against her.

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3 w. ago Tipperary man jailed for 10 years for rape of woman after collecting her from hospital

Padraic Troy (29) was convicted following a trial at the Central Criminal Court late last year of two counts of rape, anal rape and two sexual assaults of the woman in 2021.

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