A psychotherapist visiting Cork for a weekend happened to observe the activities of a 45-year-old West Cork man with several young boys in a fast-food restaurant in the city, and what he was doing made her feel sick. That key evidence from a sex assault trial at Cork Circuit Criminal Court related to a Saturday afternoon in September 2023. “My attention was brought to a man over to my left with five boys around him. I am a mother and I was struck by the five boys — they were really quiet. He said if someone was going to sexually assault children, it would be extraordinary to do it in a very busy public place where there was CCTV.

Source: Irish Examiner March 07, 2026 06:39 UTC