UL creative writing job to carry €100k salary

A position of ‘Chair in Creative Writing’ at University of Limerick — in memory of author Frank McCourt — has been advertised with a starting salary in excess of €100,000.

The post, in honour of the Pulitzer Prize winner, has a pre-arranged requirement that up to €800,000 would have be to raised to fund the chair.

The position carries an annual salary, ranging from €106,516 — €136,276.