Senior Defence Forces officer under investigation over behaviour towards female colleague

The specific details or nature of the complaint are not known but it is understood that following an initial assessment of her complaint, a decision was made to launch a formal military police investigation.

A senior male officer in a branch of the Irish Defence Forces is being investigated about alleged inappropriate behaviour towards a female colleague.

A military police investigation has been launched arising out of a formal complaint about the alleged incident which is understood to have occurred while both were representing the service overseas.