UCC lecturer fails to get injunction over professorial positions decision

A judge yesterday refused to grant an injunction to senior lecturer and head of the management and marketing department at UCC, Joan Buckley, who had brought proceedings arising out of the decision not to shortlist her in a competition for 10 professorial positions.

Ms Justice Miriam O’Regan said Ms Buckley believed she was sufficiently qualified to be shortlisted but the qualitative judgment as to who should be shortlisted was delegated to the selection committee.

“This court does not accept the proposition that because the selection committee views did not mirror the views of Dr Buckely then by definition the process was flawed,” the judge said.