UCC's Tyndall Institute seeks new €180,000 top executive

University College Cork is to re-advertise the top job at a leading research institute after an international recruitment exercise failed to fill the €180,000-a-year role.

Tyndall National Institute has an annual turnover of €32m and almost 500 research and other staff working in electronics and photonics.

The chief executive’s job has been vacant since March 3 and a US-based applicant was offered the post after interviews held in June. But following what Tyndall said were extended discussions with “the appointable candidate”, the offer was declined in late August.