IT chair hands over duties amid thesis probe

The chairman of Institute of Technology Tralee has handed over his duties on the governing body while claims he plagiarised other people’s work for a degree at the college are investigated.

The claims were made last month by 26 academics in relation to the 2008 masters of arts dissertation of Flan Garvey, a former mayor of Clare.

He has chaired the governing body since 2001 but informed members on Thursday that the deputy chair, Terry O’Brien, was assuming the functions of chairman.