Prof Philip Nolan accused of acting as ‘judge, jury and executioner’ in row between two senior academics

Professor Philip Nolan, president of Maynooth University, has been accused of acting as ‘judge, jury and executioner’ in row between two senior academics

The president of Maynooth University, Philip Nolan, has been accused of acting as “judge, jury and executioner” in dealing with a row between two senior academics, which has left one professor on an annual salary of €154,000 without work for almost five years.

Prof Robert Galavan told the Labour Court on Thursday that Prof Nolan – who is also chair of Nphet’s modelling group – decided the dispute would be resolved by moving him into an area of academia where he had no expertise and did not support his suggestion for mediation between the parties.