Gardaí investigating an alleged sexual assault on a woman in the run-up to Christmas have arrested a man in his 30s.

The man was questioned at Irishtown Garda Station last Thursday January 3rd.

He was later released without charge and a file is being prepared for the DPP.

Gardaí have also seized a car in connection with the investigation.

The attack is alleged to have happened after a Christmas party in the early hours of Sunday December 9th.

The incident is said to have happened in Dublin 4 near the Shelbourne Road, Merrion Road or Serpentine Avenue areas between 00:43hrs and 02:14.

At the time, investigating gardaí appealed for information on the movements of the female complainant in the Mountjoy area of Dublin 1 between 2:14am until 3:44am.