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A 17-YEAR-OLD youth was in Garda custody in Kilrush yesterday, amid allegations that a 14-year-old girl was raped in the town at the weekend.
A woman made a complaint to gardai on Saturday that her daugh- ter had been raped by a young man,
who was known to her, the previous night.
The 17-year-old was arrested yes- terday afternoon. He can be held for up to 24 hours. The young girl was treated at the Sexual Assault Unit at Limerick regional hospital and inter- viewed by gardai. Gardai say they are not looking for anyone else in relation to the incident.
Elsewhere in west Clare, gardai are investigating the theft of a shotgun during a break-in to a house near Cranny, on Sunday.
The house, located on the Cranny/ Ballynacally road, was ransacked between Ipm and midnight. A sin- gle-barrelled licensed shotgun and a portable television were taken in the incident.