Man pleads guilty to sex assault at leisure centre

As a woman was changing into a swimsuit at a Limerick hotel leisure centre, a man appeared out of a toilet cubicle and grabbed her breast, a court heard.

Limerick Circuit Court was told the assault had a major impact on the victim’s life, resulting in nightmares, fear of being alone, and necessitating counselling.

Shane Byrnes, aged 26, of 34 Hyde Road, Ballinacurra Weston, pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting the woman at the leisure centre in the Castletroy Park Hotel on April 18, 2014.