CIT president already being paid €78k annual pension

The president of Cork Institute of Technology has been paid €227,956 in a pension lump sum and an annual pension of €78,315 from the college despite still occupying the post, the Public Accounts Committee has been told.

The college has also revealed it was involved in 20 legal cases in “matters related to staff issues” despite previously telling the Irish Examiner it was not involved in any cases.

Brendan Murphy, who was reappointed to the post on a five-year term in 2014 despite nearing retirement age, has been paid his pension plus half his original salary since he reached 65, the college has told the committee.