ARCHBISHOP Dermot Clifford has issued an apology to a young man who was sexually abused by a priest who was supposed to be hearing his confession.

A PRIEST who removed the clothes and touched the genitals of a teenage boy at Confession has been given an 18-month suspended sentence.

An Archbishop tonight apologised to a victim of clerical abuse after a priest pleaded guilty to gross indecency while hearing confession.

A teenage boy who went to confession, had his clothes removed and his genitals touched by a priest today saw the culprit being given an 18-month suspended sentence.

A 74-YEAR-OLD priest in the diocese of Cloyne in Co Cork has been charged with three counts of gross indecency against a teenage boy.

AN early draft of the Teamwork Report on the reconfiguration of acute hospital services in Cork and Kerry envisaged a far more prominent role for the Mercy University Hospital (MUH) than the final report recommended.

FAILURE to recommend the development of an academic medical centre as part of an overhaul of acute care services in the south has been criticised by the chair of a group set up to monitor the reconfiguration plan.

THE feverish internal wranglings which surrounded Professor Gerry Wrixon’s presidency of University College Cork have been described as a common academic process in a new history of the college.

A FORMER university president reacted with shock yesterday to news that he looks set to be appointed chairman of a national body to spearhead a major urban regeneration project.

PERSONAL mistrust and animosity were common at management level in University College Cork during Professor Gerry Wrixon’s presidency, an inquiry carried out for UCC’s governing body revealed.

PROFESSOR Michael Murphy will become president of University College Cork on February 1 next, following his appointment by the governing body yesterday.

THE next president of University College Cork is due to be named today, over a week later than originally planned.

AN inquiry into allegations of financial mismanagement at University College Cork is to be completed without evidence from the man whose claims led to its establishment.

A BOARD of business and political heavyweights called yesterday for an end to damaging public debate about University College Cork’s (UCC) internal affairs.

A FORMER top civil servant has been chosen by the governing body of University College Cork to examine allegations of financial mismanagement and other claims made against staff.

AN independent inquiry into allegations of mismanagement at University College Cork is expected to be announced after college governors meet the Higher Education Authority (HEA) next week.

EDUCATION minister Mary Hanafin has suggested an independent investigation is needed to clear up allegations of mismanagement at University College Cork.

UNIVERSITY College Cork is seeking to add two extra floors to a €60 million IT building on which construction recently started, despite a lack of full clearance for its funding.

APPLICATIONS have been sought for the office of president at University of Limerick to replace Professor Roger Downer.

A SENIOR academic at University College Cork yesterday called for an official inquiry into how the campus is being run.

UNIVERSITY College Cork (UCC) aims to rise in the ranks of the world’s third-level colleges when it fills the vacancy in the president’s office, after advertising the job in the international press this week.

MUNSTER’S two universities are about to begin the search for new presidents.

THE process to choose a successor to Professor Gerry Wrixon as president of University College Cork (UCC) will begin when the governing body meets today.

The president of University College Cork Professor Gerry Wrixon has announced his retirement.

A BUSINESSMAN has been appointed to head one of University College Cork’s four new academic schools following a controversial selection process.

PART of the selection process to appoint the head of a new academic college at University College Cork was cancelled after material, relating to some candidates, was circulated among staff.

A NEW €22 million college building will play a crucial role in attracting global pharmaceutical giants to Munster, Enterprise Minister Micheál Martin said yesterday.

UNIVERSITY College Cork has a “serious imbalance” in its finances as its deficit hit €50 million, TDs heard yesterday.

UNIVERSITY College Cork president Professor Gerry Wrixon has rejected claims of mismanagement of finances made by senior academics who are opposed to his continuing in office.

FAMILY-OWNED enterprises form the backbone of the economy and deserve greater specialised attention from government agencies, according to UCC president Professor Gerard T Wrixon.

UNIVERSITY College Cork’s governing body has approved changes to internal statutes to allow Professor Gerry Wrixon continue his presidency for another four years after he reaches normal retirement age in May.

EMBATTLED UCC president Gerry Wrixon is to pocket €8.4 million from the €24m sell-off of the campus company, Farran Technology, to British defence giant the Smiths Group.

A CONTROVERSIAL motion to expel a professor from University College Cork’s governing body was withdrawn yesterday.

IRISH universities must undertake radical changes to help Ireland prosper socially and economically, University College Cork president Professor Gerry Wrixon told a conference yesterday.

UNIVERSITIES are being hindered in making reforms because of internal rows between members of governing authorities, a former president of University of Limerick said yesterday.

UNIVERSITIES are being hindered in making reforms because of internal rows between members of governing authorities, a former president of University of Limerick said yesterday.

UNIVERSITY College Cork’s 2003 prize-giving took place yesterday with over 47 undergraduate and postgraduate prizes awarded to more than 60 prizewinners by Professor Gerard T Wrixon, President, UCC.

UCC is to apply for planning permission to construct a 30 million library for post graduate research.

GIVEN the importance of university education as a springboard to the future for many of our young people, the steady deterioration of funding for this vital sector is extremely worrying.

UNIVERSITIES have to find €90 million a year to make up for the drop in Government funding since college fees were abolished.

TWO pioneering business courses for people managing family companies were launched in University College Cork yesterday.