AIB chairman to preside at UCC’s governing body

AIB chairman and former attorney general Dermot Gleeson has been named as the chairman of University College Cork’s governing body.

The announcement by university president Dr Michael Murphy comes just weeks after the new body met for the first time and should give UCC a strong voice in the corridors of power.

Mr Gleeson is one of the country’s leading barristers, having returned to practice following his role as top legal adviser to the Fine Gael-led Rainbow Coalition Government between 1994 and 1997.