The president of Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT), Ruaidhrí Neavyn, is unlikely to return to the job after his move to advise on higher education policy was approved yesterday.

Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) president Ruaidhri Neavyn looks set to move to a different job amid continuing efforts to get the college’s university application plans with IT Carlow back on track.

Buying chick-lit novels and flying first-class while a colleague was in steerage form part of a court claim by Waterford Institute of Technology for repayment of €120,000 from its ex-president.

Waterford Institute of Technology’s financial officer raised concerns with the college’s former president Kieran Byrne about his travel expenses a decade before lavish spending cost him his job, TDs have been told.