Surge in sexual allegations by female soldiers against male colleagues

One of the 16 allegations has been referred to gardaí and one relates to an incident that occurred overseas. File picture

Female soldiers have made almost as many sexual allegations against male colleagues in the last 12 months as they did in the past decade.

The Defence Forces has told the Irish Examiner there have been 16 allegations of a sexual nature made since January 2020. That was after Defence Minister Simon Coveney was told in June 2021 there had been “just one” such allegation up to that point in the 2020s.