Nolan granted temporary injunction to stop dismissal

The High Court has granted a temporary injunction restraining the dismissal of Professor Philip Nolan from his position as Director General of Science Foundation Ireland .

Senior Counsel Padraic Lyons told the court that Prof Nolan was notified in an email on Monday night that he was being dismissed from his role as Director General of SFI without any disciplinary hearing or opportunity for him to deal with allegations made against him. Mr Lyons said that up until Monday, it had been indicated that a process would be followed, in which Prof Nolan would have the opportunity to meet the allegations.

Mr Lyons said this was a staggering statement and there was a proposition that the very fact of the allegations being made at all could be sufficient for summary dismissal.The court was told this was an"almost unprecedented" course of action which was extremely damaging to Prof Nolan. He said there was no conceivable justification for his dismissal in the way it had been effected.

Mr Lyons told the court this was not a case about fair procedures - it was a case about no procedures. But Mr Lyons said insofar as that was the perception of anyone who worked with him or may work with him in the future, he was open to addressing it via mediation.

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