Taoiseach’s ally accused of sex assault

A CLOSE friend and ally of the Taoiseach is facing an accusation of sexual assault.

It is understood a woman in her mid-20s alleged she had been sexually assaulted by the man at a house in Malahide, Co Dublin, in the early hours of New Year’s Day.

She is reported to have met the man, whose identity is known to this paper, in a Dublin city centre nightclub on New Year’s Eve.