IT Tralee chair under pressure to quit

There is growing pressure on Flan Garvey, chairman of the Institute of Technology Tralee, after lecturers voted through their union that it is not in the college’s best interest for him to continue in the role.

The motion was passed by the college’s branch of the Teachers’ Union of Ireland on Thursday evening, the same day that Ruairi Quinn, the education minister, indicated Mr Garvey might soon have to review his position after the full facts are made public.

He had been asked whether there were questions about governance at the college following Mr Garvey’s successful appeal against a plagiarism probe. It has also been revealed that he had high expense claims.