A MAN IN his early 20s has been arrested in connection with the rape of a teenage girl in the Cork town of Charleville.

The girl, believed to be aged 17, was attacked as she was walking in the town in the early hours of Sunday 5 July.

The arrested man was detained earlier today, and is being held at Mallow Garda Station under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act.

Anyone with information is being asked to contact Charleville Garda Station at 063 217700.

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Man in his 20s arrested over rape of teenage girl

Read: ‘Tory was such a lovely bubbly girl’: Devastation at sudden death of teenage girl in Donegal

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