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Gardaí investigate alleged Oxegen assault

Oxegen - Estimated 80,000 attendees
Oxegen - Estimated 80,000 attendees

Gardaí are investigating an alleged sexual assault at the Oxegen festival at Punchestown Racecourse last night.

This is the second incident of its kind since the event kicked off.

Yesterday, gardaí at Naas arrested a juvenile in connection with the alleged sexual assault on Thursday night.

The teenager was later released and a file is being prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions.

A number of other people at the festival were arrested overnight for public order and drugs offences.