Gardai are investigating an alleged rape of an student in Connemara.
It is understood that the 19-year-old had travelled to Ireland with a group of students from an American university.
She is believed to be an American student.
Some of the group went to the Connemara Mussel Festival in Tully Cross over the Bank Holiday Weekend.
The young woman claimed to have been raped when she was out socialising during the festival in the early hours of Monday, The Irish Times reports.
A garda spokesperson told the Irish Mirror: "Gardaí in Clifden are investigating an alleged sexual assault on a female (19 years) in the village of Tully Cross, Co Galway, in the early hours of Sunday morning,” a statement said.
“No arrests have been made to date. Investigating gardaí are following a number of lines of enquiry.
"Owing to the nature of the incident we will not be commenting further at this time.”
