Charges dropped against man accused of sexual assault

RTE23 October 2026, 11:48 UTCIreland

A man who was accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl in a case that led to three days of rioting outside an International Protection Centre in Dublin has been found to have no case to answer.

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