07/08/2018 Minister Mary Mitchell O’Connor Launches Report on Sexual Consent among Third Level Students. The Minister of State for Higher Education, Mary Mitchell O’Connor, TD today launch a research report on sexual consent among third level students carried out by the NUI Galway SMART Consent research team in collaboration with their partners at four colleges. Pictured is the minister with the (LtoR) report authors Dr Charlotte McIvor, Minister Mary Mitchell O’Connor, Dr Pádraig MacNeela, Kate Dawson and Dr Siobhán O’Higgins. Photo: RollingNews.ie