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The final 18 months of the sentence were suspended on condition that the man undergo probation supervision.
The woman is believed to have been socialising in a hotel in the city centre.
Bartholomew Prendergast pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court to the offences.
Dublin’s Rape Crisis Centre had almost 13,000 contacts to its national 24-hour helpline in 2017.
Using an alleged victim of sexual assault’s underwear as evidence has been questioned in recent weeks.
Nevin is due to be sentenced next month for a further two assaults on women he met through the dating app.
A need for legislation to manage social media use around these trials has also been recommended.
A barrister’s comments sparked outrage and led to protests last week.
Leona O’Callaghan waived her right to anonymity so her rapist could be publicly named.
Leona O’Callaghan was groomed and raped by Patrick O’Dea when she was a child.
The 37-year-old will be sentenced next month for two attacks on women he met up with via the dating app.
Patrick O’Dea pleaded guilty on the second day of his trial at the Central Criminal Court.
The incidents took place in Mountrath, Co Laois in the early 1990s. The judge described the abuse as “calculated and exploitative”.
The court heard that a juror apparently “smiled and winked” in the direction of the complainant and two gardaí.
The victim said it had been unbearable to hear her mother giving evidence on her father’s behalf during the trial.
A Garda review into policing matters around the case of Eoin Berkley is to take place.
Mr Justice White said there is a collective sense of shame that somebody visiting Ireland had suffered in such a vile way.
Michael Moloney pleaded guilty to eight counts of sexual abuse on dates between 2009 and 2015.
The state apology comes after a five-year Royal Commission into child sex abuse.
The alleged incident was reported to Gardaí on Thursday.
The man denied the offence but was convicted following a trial last July.
The convictions came in a series of trials that could not be reported due court restrictions.
The brutal rape and killing of Viktoria Marinova has shocked Europe.
The Congolese doctor and Iraqi human rights activist have been honored with the world-renowned humanitarian prize this morning.
The Portuguese star has rejected Kathryn Mayorga’s version of events at a Las Vegas hotel in 2009.
He also pleaded guilty to false imprisonment, attempted rape, aggravated burglary, making threats to kill and aggravated sexual assault.
Cases of sex crimes, robbery, extortion and hijacking all saw rises in the last year.
None of the alleged rapes were reported to gardaí – the head of the centre in Cork said this is not surprising.
The incident occurred two months ago.
Bartholomew Prendergast pleaded guilty to two counts of rape and 13 counts of indecent assault of his sister-in-law Stephanie Hickey.
The woman described how she had no prior knowledge of sex the day the man raped her.
The man had initially denied knowing the girl, but later admitted to having sex with her in his bedroom.
Colin Hudson (64) raped the girl in England four decades ago.
The Law Reform Commission is examining a number of issues in relation to rape cases.
Her brother was sentenced to two years in jail for sexually assaulting a minor.
The number of rape trials heard in the Central Criminal Court increased by 22% from 59 in 2016 to 77 last year.
30-year-old Martin Sherlock had raped the woman at her Dublin home in August 2015 after meeting her on dating app Badoo.
The 37-year-old Limerick man threatened the child’s foster mother with a knife during the night long ordeal.
The man was sentenced to eight years imprisonment on 29 July 2016.