Staff anger at TCD decision to award professor salary above agreed pay scale

The decision by the board of Trinity College to award a salary in excess of the agreed pay scale to the incoming professor of business studies has caused significant disquiet among current staff members, the Irish Examiner has learned.

The board approved a salary for the incoming Professor (who this newspaper has learned is Professor Andrew Burke of Cranfield University in Bedford, England) believed to be in the region of €185,000.

This figure is in excess of the agreed maximum pay limits.