The sanction followed three findings of professional misconduct and poor professional performance made by the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland against Gareth Johnston, a qualified pharmacist from Lanesboro, Co Longford and owner of a chain of three pharmacies in Longford and Galway.

The student, who retains his anonymity, took legal action against the Provost, Fellows and Scholars of the University of Dublin Trinity College Dublin and the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland.