'We deserve a place to be how we are': Limerick woman raped as a child starts victims' support group

"It was only as an adult that I learned how to deal with it," said Leona. "It came back to haunt me when I was about 28 and I was very stressed and had panic attacks.”

By David Raleigh

A Limerick woman who was sexually assaulted and raped as a child, is to launch a new "12-step" support group programme for abuse survivors.