Garda hunt for gang after roadside rape of woman

DETECTIVES investigating the rape of a young woman on an isolated country road have appealed to three men who witnessed but did not take part in the assault to come forward.

The 24-year-old was walking home alone after a night out with friends when she was attacked and subjected to what gardaí described as a vicious assault.

Four men in a dark- coloured car spotted the young woman as she walked towards the Co Monaghan village of Doohamlet around 3am on Sunday after a night out with friends in Castleblaney. The young woman had been unable to get a taxi in the town.