UCC legal row over professor posts

The president of University College Cork has described an allegation the selection process for the appointment of senior posts at UCC’s school of business is “shambolic,” as “an outrage”, the High Court heard yesterday.

The remark was made in proceedings brought by Dr Joan Buckley, who is a senior lecturer in marketing and head of Department of Management and Marketing, arising out of the college’s decision not to shortlist her for 10 professorial positions it advertised last year.

Dr Buckley, represented by Frank Callanan SC, claims the process engaged in by UCC to appoint professors at Cork University Business School is “tainted” and “flawed,” and should be set aside. She has asked the High Court for an injunction preventing the interview process from proceeding pending the outcome of the full hearing of her action against UCC.