High Court reporters

A lecturer at the University of Galway has launched High Court proceedings over what he claims is a 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.

Mr Roberts says he was wrongfully suspended from his position in early February 2022 after, he says, a colleague wrongly claimed to have allegedly “heard noises of an intimate nature, suggestive of some form of sexual activity” coming from the applicant’s office.

Mr Roberts denies ever having sexual relations with the student in question and says that the ongoing investigation into the allegation is flawed and should be halted.

He claims the complaint was made by a colleague who, Mr Roberts alleges, “bears me considerable ill will”. Mr Roberts also alleged that this person has made other complaints against him, claiming they hold a significant “animus” against him.

Mr Roberts said that “no sexual activity whatsoever occurred in my office” on the date in question, and the accusation is “an egregious libel”.

He says the student, whom he said he does not know terribly well, has confirmed this to investigators appointed by the university.

Suspension

However, Mr Roberts, who has worked at the university since 2009, remains suspended and has been out of work for over a year resulting in ongoing...

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