Irish Examiner View: University of Limerick's financial affairs are brought to book

Questions remain about decision-making at an institution when its governing authority has not seen a report on one of the biggest controversies in that institution’s history

UL president Kerstin Mey was unwilling to confirm whether she received media training. Picture: Sean Curtin  

Representatives of the University of Limerick met the Public Accounts Committee in Dublin on Thursday to discuss the university’s finances.

Meetings with the PAC can range from the boring to the bruising, the latter category applying when committee members exercise their remit fully and examine whether public funds are being spent appropriately, the former when proceedings get bogged down in financial technicalities.