Order to quash suspension sought

The director of Tralee Institute of Technology, Dr Seβn McBride, was given leave by the High Court yesterday to seek an order…

The director of Tralee Institute of Technology, Dr Seβn McBride, was given leave by the High Court yesterday to seek an order quashing a decision of the Minister for Education and Science to suspend him.

Dr McBride was also given permission by Mr Justice ╙ Caoimh to seek declarations by way of judicial review that the purported decision of the Minister, as set out in a letter of November 21st, is void and that, in purporting to suspend him, the Minister acted unreasonably and oppressively.

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