Double-jobbing lecturer must pick one pension

A DOUBLE-JOBBING college lecturer has been blocked from claiming two pensions after concern was raised over lax governance standards in the third-level system.

Engineering lecturer Fergal O’Malley managed to work at the Athlone Institute of Technology (AIT) while holding down another lecturing position in NUI Galway.

He double-jobbed for eight years until both colleges found out in late 2007 and forced him to resign.