On Saturday, Laura ably walked readers through the background to the case of a UCD student who has been variously named “Maeve” and “Caitlyn” in a broadly sympathetic hearing of her story, which was initially brought to public attention by Ruth Coppinger.
In recent days, the emphasis in that story has somewhat changed: Coppinger’s original narrative was that UCD had behaved appallingly in the aftermath of the student being raped in February 2023, refusing to let her re-sit exams and putting her through a gruelling court ordeal, which led to hundreds of thousands of euros in costs being awarded against her.
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