INQUIRIES INTO GALWAY LECTURER TO BE KEPT SECRET

Date Published: 18-Jan-2008

Two separate inquiries into how a Galway lecturer held down two full-time posts for 8 years are not to be made public.Both NUI Galway and Athlone Institute of Technology have confirmed they will not be revealing the findings of their internal inquiries into how engineering lecturer Fergal O'Malley could have held down full-time posts in both places at once. Mr O'Malley resigned from A.IT on Friday 30th November when they discovered his situation. A spokesperson from AIT told Galway Bay FM News that their inquiry which began before Christmas is now nearing completion but the findings will not be released to the public. NUI Galway has also confirmed an internal inquiry expected to wind up within the next couple of months, will NOT be disclosed to the public.