Cianan Brennan: New dawn must see University of Limerick cut ties with past

Thursday's appearance before the Public Accounts Committee was a bruising affair but for all the talk of reform, those in charge don’t seem to have realised that UL must sever links with the past, regardless of cost

University of Limerick representatives appeared before the PAC on Thursday. Picture: Dan Linehan

Who would want to be a senior official at the University of Limerick (UL)?

“Not even a year, but it seems like a decade,” Professor Brigid Laffan, chancellor of UL, said on Thursday morning when asked how long she has been in place at the university.