Investigators seek to quell fears after sex assaults in town

Gardaí investigating complaints of serious sex assaults on three young women in the same town have moved to quell fears that there is a serial attacker on the prowl.

Two of the victims were attacked within 24 hours last weekend while another said she had been sexually assaulted the previous weekend in Listowel, Co Kerry.

One of the incidents is understood to have involved a teenager who claims she was assaulted in the town park shortly before 8pm on Friday, Sept 21.