What to do if you experience sexual harassment in the workplace

In the wake of Dr Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin speaking out about her experience of sexual harassment in UCD and the process of making a complaint, we spoke to industry professionals about how workplace complaints are dealt with in Ireland

Ireland has the highest level of claimed sexual harassment in Europe - and is among the worst in the world. File picture: EnergePic/Pexels

Sexual harassment in a workplace is in the news this week after it was revealed academic Dr Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin was targetted by a colleague for two years.

Dr Ní Shúilleabháin, an assistant professor in UCD, described the ordeal in an in-depth interview in the Irish Times at the weekend, detailing a number of interactions between herself and a male professor over a two-year period between 2015 and 2017.