CIT reappoints president 8 months before term ends

The board of Cork Institute of Technology has decided to appoint college president Dr Brendan Murphy for another five years — almost eight months before his term ends.

The job with a €146,034 salary was advertised last autumn and the competition run by outside consultants supported by an appointment committee of the governing body.

The process resulted in a recommendation, approved last Friday, that Dr Murphy be reappointed to the job he has held since 2004.