Women warned of sex attacks

GARDAÍ have warned women not to walk alone home at night following two attempted sexual assaults over the Christmas period in Nenagh, Co Tipperary.

On St Stephen’s night, a woman was attacked outside her home in the town. Two weeks earlier a 46-year-old woman was dragged down a cul-de-sac and assaulted by a man as she walked home in the early hours of the morning. The attacks have raised garda concerns about the safety of women at night. Superintendent Jim Fitzgerald warned that people, especially women, should be conscious of the possible dangers of walking home alone at night.

“Women should organise transport, and if that is not possible, they should ensure that they are accompanied by someone on the way home,” said Supt Fitzgerald.