Moran will wait to take new job

Former secretary-general at the Department of Finance, John Moran, will take at least three months gardening leave before he is clear to take up a new position.

Mr Moran still has a number of speaking engagements, including an appearance at the Magill Summer School next week. He is scheduled to speak next Wednesday in a session called, ‘Our economy — the threats to its recovery from within and without.’

Fellow panellists include ex-Central Bank director, Fiona Muldoon and chairman of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council, John McHale.