Limerick native to head up college

A LIMERICK native is returning home from London to take up a position as president of Mary Immaculate College.

Professor Michael A Hayes is vice-president and Professor of Catholic Pastoral Studies at St Mary’s University College, Twickenham. He has been in Britain since 1980.

A renowned academic in the field of theology and religious studies and also a qualified psychotherapist, he will succeed the outgoing president, Professor Peadar Cremin, whose term of office ends on August 31.