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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 “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. ....
A former professor at Maynooth University said he âstrongly disagreedâ with the conclusion of the collegeâs 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 Universityâs School of Business, told a hearing of the Labour Court that he also disagreed with Prof Nolanâs view that a row between the two academics, Robert Galavan and Peter McNamara, was affecting the work of the school. ....
President of Maynooth University Philip Nolan has been accused of acting as âjudge, jury and executionerâ in dealing with a row between two senior academics which has left one professor on an annual salary of â¬154,000 without work for almost five years. Prof Robert Galavan told the Labour Court on Thursday that Prof Nolan â who is also chairman of the National Public Health Emergency Teamâs modelling group on Covid-19 â decided the dispute would be resolved by moving him into an area of academia where he had no expertise and did not support his suggestion for mediation between the parties. Prof Galavan, who holds the chair in strategic management in the collegeâs school of business, claims he has had no effective work since 2016 after being placed on secondment by the president to the Kennedy Institute for Conflict Intervention, despite having no expertise in mediation. ....