Woman says a school principal who gave her lifts to her own school raped her in his car

The principal says he did give her lifts to her own school when she was aged around 16, but denies raping her

A general view of the Four Courts in Dublin, Ireland.

A woman has claimed before the High Court she was raped in the car of a school principal who gave her lifts to her own school.

She is suing the man, who was a principal in another school near the one she was attending, claiming damages over what she says was a series of sexual assaults and rapes in his car during 2009 and 2010, when she was around 16.