Suspended gardaí are investigated in two separate rape cases

Two gardaí, both on suspension, are being investigated on suspicion of raping women in separate incidents.

The Director of Public Prosecutions will shortly decide if a garda based in the west is to be charged with the rape of a teenage girl at the station where he was based in 2010.

The garda, who is married with children, has been on suspension since the allegations came to light last year. He was ordered not to have any contact with the alleged victim.