Alleged rape in Kerry hospital

Gardaí in Kerry have said a file is to be sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions after an allegation of rape in one of the region’s leading private hospitals, the Bon Secours Hospital, in Tralee, writes Anne Lucey.

The allegation, which was made by a woman in her early 60s, is that she was raped by a member of staff in a changing room, following a medical procedure.