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                                                                         NEW Horror for victim of sex assault

                                                                                                                       A report by Ellen O'Reilly

A sexual assault victim has received death threats after giving evidence which resulted in her attacker being jailed for seven years, it emerged yesterday. The woman from Kerry has been the victim a second timer as she endures a hate campaign and criminal damage since bouncer Danny Foley was convicted of her assault. She has received telephone calls where the caller told her they will ' pay her back' and have 'bought coffins' for her and her son. Her front door has also been kicked in recent in recently. Gardai are investigating. On other occasions, the side door has been kicked and her ground floor windows banged upon. It has been made clear to her that son's life was 'in her hands' and that this was all 'because of what she did to Danny Foley'. The local council now plans to put up lights in the mother's back garden and a lock on the side door passage at her home.

Foley, 35, was jailed for seven years in December for the sexual assault of the 23-year old woman behind a Listowel nightclub in 2008. During his trial, 50 supporters queued up to shake hands as he stood in the dock. The Listowel parish priest, Fr. Sean Sheehy, was forced to stand down after he provided Foley with a character reference and went on radio following Foley's sentencing and spoke the 'alleged assault'. After the trial the woman said that the whole experience was 'terrible'. But she encouraged other victims to report assaults and said there was support out there for people who had been attacked in this way.

'When you say"no" , no is no and whoever won't take "no" for an answer, they are taking advantage, she said at the time'. Ther is no sugestion Foley or his family are aware of the threats and intimidation taking place, or even support the campaign against the woman.

Report courtesy: Metro Herald 24/05/2010 P.9

                                               Council calls special meeting on Kells antisocial behaviour

 by Ann Casey

Cllr Brian Curran.

Residents of a number of Kells estates who have endured countless incidents of antisocial behaviour in recent months have been invited to attend a special meeting of Kells Town Council on Friday evening to discuss the problems in the area.Following a number of further incidents in the Magdalene Court and lower Maudlin Street area over the past week, Kells Town Council cathaoirleach, Cllr Brian Curran, has called a special meeting of the council to which representatives from Magdalene Court, Archdeaconary Glebe and other estates have been invited to attend, along with the Gardai.A meeting for residents of the area took place on Monday night at which people living there spoke of the problems with antisocial behaviour over several months.The most recent incident in the area occurred last Thursday night, when a man produced a knife following earlier incidents in the Magdalene Court estate.According to Garda,i the man had over-reacted to an incident in which youths were causing aggravation in the area.Gardai had to use pepper spray before the man was arrested and he is due to appear in court in Kells next month in connection with the incident.According to Cllr Curran, residents in the area are being intimidated by a gang of youths and incidents in recent weeks have included setting fire to an electricity pole. He said that not all of the youths were from the area and most young people from the locality were not involved in the intimidation.Cllr Curran said people were frightened by the recent events and huge resources were being wasted each week by the fire service and Gardai who have to respond to these incidents.