Ireland's 'first green university president' takes UCC helm

The Cork city native, Professor John O’Halloran, takes on the role as the university encourages students to take part in antigen testing to help in the early detection of asymptomatic Covid-19

Ecologist and zoologist, Professor John O’Halloran, who begins his tenure as the sixteenth President of University College Cork. Picture: Dan Linehan

Acting as interim president since September 2020, Professor John O’Halloran was at the helm of the university during an unprecedented year.

Now, on his first official day in office as newly installed president, he told the Irish Examiner about his plans for leading one of Cork’s oldest institutions into a challenging future.