Former UL president being paid €175k but has no course to teach, Dáil committee hears 

Professor Kerstin Mey is on a year’s sabbatical to 'kickstart' her academic career, a 'normal' move for a senior executive re-entering academia
Former UL president being paid €175k but has no course to teach, Dáil committee hears 

Professor Kerstin Mey is to be paid 'at the top end of the scale' in her new role as professor of visual culture. Pictures: Sean Curtin/True Media

The former president of the University of Limerick (UL) is on a year’s sabbatical on a salary of €175,000, after taking over a professorship for which there is no course currently in place.  

A meeting of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) also heard UL chief commercial officer Andrew Flaherty, one of the chief sponsors of the €11m acquisition of 20 houses for student accommodation in August 2022, has been placed on leave on full pay by the university pending a disciplinary process into that transaction. 

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