TCD students in swastika and sex allegations
An inquiry is underway at Ireland's most prestigious university, Trinity College Dublin, after a series of "outrageous" incidents at a popular French ski resort.
Among the events under investigation is a sexual incident involving a female student being woken up to find three naked male students in her room, €50 notes being burned and smoked and swastikas sprayed by Irish students on to walls of chalets.
More than 300 students from Dublin -- a majority believed to be from Trinity -- were holidaying in Les Deux Alpes, a popular French Alpine ski resort, from January 8 to 15. To keep costs down, the students travelled by bus for a trip that cost €462 per head.
Tales of daddy's credit card being used to buy massive rounds of drinks are only the minor details to have filtered back to Ireland.
According to sources from the respective colleges, students "burned and smoked €50 notes" in and outside one of the town's Alpine nightclubs to demonstrate their wealth.
"Swastikas being spray-painted by the Irish students on to walls of the accommodation ensured the gendarmes were called," said another source.
Another girl woke up to three male students masturbating in her room.
"Trinity College is currently investigating a series of alleged incidents which took place at Les Deux Alpes," the college confirmed last week.
"In the event that Trinity students perpetrated certain alleged acts, they will be duly disciplined, and sanctions will be imposed. The college is unable to comment further on the matter while its inquiry is underway."
Wasteland Ski, which organised the trip, said they were aware of trouble with "more excessive noise and complaints than usual".
They had no comment to make about the alleged incidents.
- ALISON O'RIORDAN
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