Education agencies and colleges left with no board or chair for years in some cases

Several important education agencies and colleges have had no board or no chairman for several months, in some cases for over a year.

Among eight third-level colleges with no chairperson is Institute of Technology Tralee, where the chair is now vacant for three years.

The governance deficits were flagged to Education Minister Richard Bruton by senior civil servants when he took office 11 weeks ago, at the beginning of May.