A Dublin taxi has been seized and is being tested by forensic experts after a 20-year-old student claimed she was raped by the driver.

She claims it happened after he stopped in the Phoenix Park as she was being driven home from a city nightclub in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

Gardai have spoken to a man about the alleged attack, but no arrests have yet been made.

Detectives at Cabra garda station are investigating.