Gardaí investigate sexual assault allegation against Defence Forces officer

At one point on Sunday, the place where the officer was staying was sealed off and searched by forensics and other scenes of crime officers

The State has paid out more than €10m in legal settlements of claims against the Defence Forces in the last four years but faces paying many times that amount in the coming years. File picture: Colin Keegan / Collins

Gardaí and Military Police officers are investigating a sexual assault allegation against a Defence Forces officer which is alleged to have happened on Saturday night.

A female drinking with the officer earlier in the evening was invited back to his accommodation in Dublin. After the alleged assault, the woman involved left the officer’s accommodation and contacted gardaí. She returned with gardaí and the officer was questioned.