In the case, the accused is charged with two counts of sexual assault of the girl at at Vandeleur Woods, Feagarroge, Kilrush on June 7th and June 8th 2023.

A Clare teenager, just turned 18, posted a collage of intimate images of a 15-year-old girl onto his Snapchat stories in a Coco’s Law prosecution, a court has heard

Judge Gabbett said that the defence put forward on behalf of Mr Sheehan was “a very important point raised in defence”.

The woman alleged that in September 2022 in two incidents, the man punched her in the back and head butted her after she refused to have sex.