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AdvertisementThe woman said she wanted only three things from the man: an acknowledgement of his actions, an explanation as to why he did it and a sincere apology.When asked by Ms Justice Karen O'Connor if he wished to comment on the solicitor issue, defence barrister Eanna Mulloy SC said that he did not wish to cross-examine the complainant on the issue and that some elements of social media are open to the public.

AdvertisementOutlining the case to the court, a local garda sergeant said that on the night in question, the woman was socialising with her friend, and they were joined by the man, then aged 24, whom they knew locally. The man kissed her on the dance floor of the nightclub, but the woman made it clear to him that she didn't want to, the court heard.RapeThe trio went back to the woman's friend's house and had some food before the man went upstairs. The woman followed shortly afterwards and found the man asleep in the sofa bed she normally slept in.She told him no and pushed him off her before going into her friend's bedroom. The man left the house shortly afterwards.

AdvertisementWhen arrested by gardaí in 2017, the man said the woman was telling “pure lies”, and it was “bullshit”. He said he had recently come into money and suggested the woman was making up a story as a result. “Maybe she thought she would get money,” he told gardaí.Ireland Man jailed for facilitating illegal immigration in... Read More She thanked the woman in the case for her dignified manner throughout the court process, telling her: “You absolutely should have been safe in your friend's house.”

The judge adjourned the matter for a further sentence hearing on February 17th, when a plea of mitigation will be heard.

A man who was convicted of attempted murder and who was part of the robbery of the Marble Arch pub in Drimnagh has been jailed for four and a half years.Disclosure to gardaíThe woman's employer suspected something was amiss in the relationship and made a private disclosure to gardaí, who then approached the woman.

She was “relieved” to be able to talk about what had been happening to her, the court heard. She ended the relationship within two weeks of the final assault.AdvertisementIn her victim impact statement, which was read out by counsel, the woman said she was made to feel “belittled”, “worthless”, “used” and “degraded” in the course of their relationship.

She said she blamed herself for not ending the relationship the first time the man hit her, which she said occurred within the first few months of their relationship when she was a 19-year-old new mother.She said she had no idea of the “seven years of torture you (would) put me and (our child) through.”