TCD and WIT deal with most bullying claims

Waterford Institute of Technology and Trinity College Dublin dealt with the highest number of allegations of bullying among its staff and students in the past five years, with WIT paying more than €100,000 in investigation and legal fees.

Details provided under Freedom of Information also show two students in Cork Institute of Technology alleged in May 2010 that six other students had sexually harassed them as they walked to a lecture.

WIT and DIT both dealt with 16 cases of alleged bullying since 2008, while Trinity College Dublin responded to 14 allegations.