Teagasc coy on Boyle speculation

TEAGASC said yesterday it was not confirming or denying speculation regarding the appointment of a new director.

A spokesman said no job offer has been made and the process of appointing a new director is not complete.

He was responding to queries arising from a report in the Irish Farmers Journal that it now appears likely that Professor Gerry Boyle will be nominated as the next director of Teagasc in succession to Jim Flanagan, who has retired.

Professor Boyle was until recently Associate Director of Economics at NUI Maynooth and head of its economics department.