This incident took place in an Internet cafe/bar. The property belongs to Gerry Hannan. The case is ongoing.

Daily Mirror rape story “grossly exaggerated” say investigators

A front-page story carried in this morning’s Irish Daily Mirror is grossly exaggerated, sources close to Live 95 FM have said.

According to the newspaper, a fifteen-year-old boy was followed into the toilets of an internet cafe on William Street and violently raped by a man of Eastern European extraction.

The local radio station however reports that not only did the paper get the boy’s age wrong, but also the fact that there was no claim of violence involved in the indecent attack, which is understood to have taken place last Monday.

A man in his 30s was taken in for questioning at Henry Street Garda Station, who claims that the encounter was mutually consentual and was not rape.

The man is also Irish and not Eastern European.

Live 95 FM story can be found here.

Criticism of elements of the national media are also carried in the City edition of this Weekend’s big Leade, which Gardai have described as unhelpful.

The paper also reports that while the attack happened at the Filmdrome Internet Cafe on William street, they are certain it’s proprietor had no connection with the incident.