MTU staff to protest as Taoiseach attends flag ceremony

Workers at the university from the TUI union are set to hold a “silent protest” with placards at the symbolic raising of the MTU flag for the college’s first academic semester tomorrow morning.

The Bishopstown-based university is set to welcome the Taoiseach Micheál Martin together with Minister for Higher Education Simon Harris to the event at 10am on Monday. Picture: Denis Minihane.

A raising of the flag ceremony to be attended by the Taoiseach in Cork tomorrow will be subject to a formal protest by workers at Munster Technological University.

The Bishopstown-based university is set to welcome the Taoiseach Micheál Martin together with Minister for Higher Education Simon Harris to the event at 10am.