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Prof Philip Nolan accused of acting as ‘judge, jury and executioner’ in row between two senior academics The row has left one professor, with an annual salary of €154,000, with no work for almost five years. Professor Philip Nolan, president of Maynooth University, has been accused of acting as ‘judge, jury and executioner’ in row between two senior academics Thu, 13 May, 2021 - 21:52 Sean McCarthaigh The president of Maynooth University, Philip Nolan, has been accused of acting as �...

  A former professor at Maynooth University said he “strongly disagreed” with the conclusion of the college’s president, Prof Philip Nolan, that the professional relationship between two senior academics had broken down and one of the parties needed to be moved to a different role where they had no teaching or research work. Prof Paul Donovan, emeritus associate professor at the Maynooth University’s School of Business, told a hearing of the Labour Court that he also disag...

Professor says Philip Nolan acted as ‘judge, jury and executioner’

  President of Maynooth University Philip Nolan has been accused of acting as “judge, jury and executioner” in dealing with a row between two senior academics which has left one professor on an annual salary of €154,000 without work for almost five years. Prof Robert Galavan told the Labour Court on Thursday that Prof Nolan – who is also chairman of the National Public Health Emergency Team’s modelling group on Covid-19 – decided the dispute would be resolved by m...