Stud manager tells court sex assaults led to suicide bid

A MANAGER at the Irish National Stud (INS) has told the High Court how repeated sexual assaults and bullying at work drove her to attempt suicide.

Launching a High Court bid to stop the company suspending her on medical grounds, Julie Lynch, the INS’s stallion nominations manager, also claimed she had an affair with the company’s former chief executive John Clarke.

Her affidavit before Ms Justice Mary Laffoy stated that when the affair broke down Mr Clarke “turned on her”.