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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
National
Sylvia Pownall

Raped girl, 15, faces 'months-long wait' for trauma counselling with '80 people ahead on waiting list'

A 15-year-old girl who was attacked and raped will have to wait 'at least two months' before she gets any trauma counselling.

Her mother has spoken out after claiming she was informed that despite her teenage daughter’s horrific ordeal she is at the back of a lengthy queue for therapy.

The teenager, who we are not identifying due to her age, suffered the brutal assault in March close to her home in Dublin.

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