A medicine student has withdrawn her appeal of the High Court’s rejection of her claim that University College Dublin (UCD) failed to make adequate allowances for her studies after she alleged she was raped by a fellow student.
Lawyers for the student told the Court of Appeal (CoA) on Thursday they had been instructed to withdraw the challenge. The court struck out the appeal, and made an order for the university’s legal costs.
The appeal court heard arguments on behalf of the student and the university earlier this month.
After the hearing, gardaí arrested the student on suspicion of deceiving the university. She was questioned about the legitimacy of documents furnished to support claims she had been raped.
The student was later released without charge, pending a file being prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions.
The student cannot be identified by order of the court.
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