Man arrested over alleged sexual assault

A MAN in his mid-30s was arrested by gardaí yesterday in connection with an investigation into an alleged serious sexual assault in a Co Cork town.

The sexual assault is alleged to have taken place in the early hours of the Easter bank holiday Monday in Fermoy.

The victim, understood to be a local woman in her early 20s, was on her way home from a night out when she claimed she was attacked by a man in the town centre.