Woman 'beaten by a man who tried to sexually assault her' on way to AC/DC concert

The Italian woman claims she was beaten by a man after he attempted to sexually assault her near Ballybough as she was on her way to the AC/DC concert at Croke Park. File picture: Darren Kinsella

Gardaí have launched an investigation after an Italian woman claimed she was badly beaten by a man after he attempted to sexually assault while on her way to the AC/DC concert at Croke Park.

The woman who is in her 30s and had travelled to Dublin for the gig, has told gardaí she became separated from her friends on the way to the concert.