Convicted rapist is not in Cork, say gardaí

Hundreds of comments on social media claiming convicted rapist Larry Murphy may be staying in either North or East Cork have been flatly denied by a number of Garda sources.

Posts on Facebook and Twitter in the past few days suggested Murphy, 47, was seen in Midleton and was staying in that area. A number of other posts said he was also seen in Mallow.

The father-of-three was released from Arbour Hill Prison on Aug 11, 2010, after serving 10½ years of a 14-year sentence for the rape and attempted murder of a Carlow businesswoman in Feb 2000.