State to seek legal costs from school sex abuse victim

The Supreme Court has today heard that the State is seeking its legal costs against the woman who was sexually assaulted as a child by her primary school principle.

The court was hearing arguments as to who should pay the costs of a test action taken against the State by Louise O'Keeffe (aged 43), of Thoam, Dunmanway, Co Cork, whether the Minister for Education and State was vicariously liable could be held vicariously liable for 20 sexual assaults by school principal Leo Hickey on Ms O'Keeffe at Dunderrow National School, Co Cork, in 1973.