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Parnell Place
Witness report leads gardaí to arrest man during sexual assault
The arrest was made at around 3am on Monday morning.
GARDAÍ INTERVENED TO stop a sexual assault in Dublin city centre in the early hours of Monday morning.
A witness alerted the gardaí who rushed to the scene and stopped the assault on Parnell Place at around 3am.
The suspect, who is a man in his 30s, was arrested at the scene.
The victim, who is also in her 30s, was taken to the Sexual Assault Treatment Unit at the Rotunda Hospital.
A spokesman for the gardaí said she was discharged a short time later.
The suspect is currently detained at Store St Garda Station under section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act. He can be held for up to 24 hours.
The spokesman said that the investigation is ongoing.
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