Victim: Alleged rapes 'have left me suicidal'

A teenager who alleges she and her friend were repeatedly sexually assaulted as children by a barman at a Co Mayo pub has told a Central Criminal Court jury that the alleged offences have ruined her life and left her suicidal.

The 39-year-old accused man, who can not be named for legal reasons, has pleaded not guilty to 16 counts of sexual assault and 13 counts of oral rape against one girl; also 14 counts of sexual assault, 13 counts of oral rape and one count of anal rape against the second child on dates between June 1999 and September 2000.