Lecturer challenges suspension over 'false accusation' of 'sexual activity' with student

The married father of two claims that the complaint was allegedly made by a colleague who Mr Roberts says allegedly "bears me considerable ill will"

Nigel Roberts, who has worked at National University Ireland Galway since 2009, says that he was wrongfully suspended from his position in early February 2022 after he claims a colleague wrongly claimed to have allegedly "heard noises of an intimate nature, suggestive of some form of sexual activity" having occurred in the applicant's office. File picture: Ray Ryan

A University of Galway lecturer has launched High Court proceedings over what he claims is his wrongful suspension from his job following a "false accusation" that he allegedly engaged in sexual activity in his office with one of his female students.

The action has been brought by Nigel Roberts who is a lecturer at the University's School of Podiatric Medicine.