Former WIT president loses High Court action over college's decision not to reappoint him

The former president of Waterford Institute of Technology Professor Kieran Byrne has lost his High Court action over a decision by the college governing body not to reappoint him to the post.

Mr Justice Senan Allen today said he was rejecting Prof Byrne's claim that he was entitled to reappointed as Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) President in 2011.