College refuses to reveal portrait costs

CORK Institute of Technology has declined to reveal how much it paid for portraits of two senior managers.

The portraits were recently hung in the college in a move described by staff representatives as inappropriate.

Staff and students have reacted angrily to the decision to hang the portraits of CIT president Dr Brendan Murphy and governing body chairman Dr Paddy Caffrey just before Christmas, with rumours of a cost of €22,000 or more circulating around the college.