Universities investigate sexual harassment and assault complaints

Trinity College Dublin said 19 complaints of alleged bullying and/or harassment were made to the Office of the Junior Dean since the start of 2020. File photo

Munster Technical University said it is still investigating two alleged incidents this year involving "sexual assault/sexual harassment", while Trinity College Dublin has also received eight complaints relating to sexual harassment in the past year.

MTU, established in January 2021 following the merger of the two institutes of technology, Cork Institute of Technology and IT Tralee, said it would not be making any further comment while the matters were under investigation.