Over the next few weeks I will publish excerpts from letters I sent to the Irish authorities over the past few months Given the level of media spin against academic freedom in Ireland up to Prondzynski's departure, and the very odd coverage of mine, Cahill's and Fanning's cases, which required several apologies from the Irish Times, we need to look further
It does rather look as though Ronnie Ryan of the dept of Ed and others were expecting a massive payday from privatization. Here is one letter I sent;
"In January 2003 Rights commissioner Gerry Fleming ruled that I be reinstated with full backpay
Of
course, DCU had a right to appeal - though the ECHR may see things
differently, particularly the use of taxpayers' money ensuring disparity
of representation
In any case, Ferdinand von Prondzynski decided, ar eagle na
heagla, to head off the situation. He (unsolicited) visited my local TD,
John Gormley, in Leinster House in Feb/March 2003. In that meeting, he
offered to pay my salary until I got a new job if I dropped my appeal.
Gormley put the deal to me and I refused. These were many moral
issues.....
I believe that's called bribery. I have had no contact with Gormley since 2006,"
skip to main |
skip to sidebar
