He told Mr Mulloy the accused would take him into one of the cubicles and put his hands on his genitalia and "rub them" and the brother would then get him to put his hands on his penis to masturbate him.

He said the accused would "usually be drunk" as he could smell the alcohol on his breath.

He said he was abused by several people in the school, both sexually and otherwise, including a nurse who made him sit in cold water when he got sunburnt and scrubbed the blisters off with a deck brush.

The man said he was sent home from the school when he threatened the accused with a broken coke bottle. He said he was told the reason was that his parents had found him a job but this turned out to be false.

He agreed with Mr Hartnett that he was a recovered alcoholic and couldn't remember some details of his original garda statement.

"Sometimes I can't even remember what happened yesterday, never mind a statement I made seven years ago," he said.

When it was put to him that none of the abuse ever occurred he replied: "It happened and I've being waiting 25 years for this and I'm not going to let it go."

The trial continues before Judge Tony Hunt and a jury of six men and seven women.

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