‘Predatory’ Cork rapist to be freed next month

A 47-year-old repeat rapist, described by gardaí as "a predator" and "especially dangerous to women" is to be released from prison early next month — having served only 11 years of a 17-year sentence for rape and sexual assault.

Cork-born Patrick ‘Lo Lo’ O’Driscoll is due to be released from the Midlands Prison on July 9.

He was sentenced in 2003 for a “savage, barbaric, and brutal attack on a totally innocent woman” in Fermoy, Co Cork.