Seven people have been arrested in connection with the alleged rape of a young girl in Dublin.

The two women and five men were detained in Dublin and Wexford early this morning.

The serious sexual assaults are alleged to have happened when the girl was aged between 4 and 9 at her home.

She is now aged 10.

Our News Correspondent Fergal O'Brien reports:Tom Brady , the Security Editor with the Irish Independent, says the suspects include the girl's mother and her brother: