“He’s the highest paid university head in Ireland. It’s a stat that has been used as a stick to beat him. Dr Michael Murphy has implemented some unpopular austerity measures at the Cork university …” (more)
[Peter McGuire and Louise Holden, Irish Times, 6 December]
“Only one question obsessing the education sector: who will succeed Brigid McManus as secretary general at the Department of Education? McManus (53) steps down in February with that much-discussed annual pension of €114,000 …” (more)
[Irish Times, 22 November]
“Thousands of students are expected to take to the streets on Wednesday following a weekend of alarming articles in two of Ireland’s national newspapers. The Sunday Business Post reports today that the government may scrap all financial assistance for new postgraduate students …” (more)
[Donie O'Sullivan, College Tribune, 13 November]
“Student fees of at least €4,500-€5,000 per year are necessary to maintain the quality of higher education in Ireland, according to UCC president Dr Michael Murphy …” (more)
[Seán Flynn, Irish Times, 12 November]
“Student fees of at least €4,500-€5,000 per year are necessary to maintain the quality of higher education in Ireland, according to UCC president Dr Michael Murphy …” (more)
[Seán Flynn, Irish Times, 12 November]
“University College Cork (UCC) has been selected as Ireland’s University of the Year by the Sunday Times. The university last held this title in 2005 …” (more)
[Claire O’Sullivan, Irish Examiner, 24 September]
“When the Queen visits the Tyndall Institute at University College Cork, President of UCC Dr Michael Murphy will present her with a scarf inspired by the work of the university’s greatest professor and the ‘father’ of computer science …” (more)
[Eoin Lettice, Communicate Science, 19 May]
“… In academia, things are not much better. The seven presidents of our indebted universities are all in receipt of salaries in excess of €210,000, with UCC president Michael Murphy topping the pile on €232,000, plus extras. Prof Des Fitzgerald, who is only a vice-president in UCD, has an “extraordinary” package of €495,000 – 15 times the average salary …” (more)
[Daniel McConnell, Independent, 24 April]
“I am dumfounded and disgusted to read in your newspaper (March 23) that UCC President Dr Michael Murphy has the audacity to invite US President Barack Obama to open a ‘human rights’ lecture series in Cork …” (more)
[Dave Reilly, Irish Examiner, 26 March]
“UCC President Prof. Michael Murphy has warned that UCC’s finances cannot keep pace with the current surge in demand for college places in his first interview with Munster’s most visited student website, CorkStudentNews.com …” (more)
[Daniel O'Carroll, Cork Student News, 7 February]
“At a staff meeting last Wednesday, Dr. Michael Murphy, President of UCC, claimed the report of the National Strategy Group for Education was ‘welcome’ and rightly showed ‘the country’s vision of the future of education’ …” (more)
[Laura Cashman, College News, 4 February]
“Dr Michael Murphy, President of University College Cork, took part in an open Q&A session with students of the university in UCC Students’ Union Council on Wednesday the 19th of January …” (more)
[Cathal Brennan, College News, 3 February]
“UCC President Michael Murphy was grilled on everything from conferring fees to student emigration at a heated class council meeting held in the Kane Building last Thursday …” (more)
[Daniel O'Carroll, Cork Student News, 24 January]
“The UCC Students Union has criticised university President Michael Murphy over the extent of his pay, which was revealed in an article in the Irish Times yesterday …” (more)
[Cork Student News, 10 November]
“The fact that UCC President Prof. Michael Murphy sees fit to take home a massive €232,151 a year, while simultaneously railing for the re-introduction of tuition fees, bringing printing fees back to UCC, and making cutbacks that strike to the very heart of the university’s educational experience, is a textbook lesson in hypocrisy …” (more)
[Greg O'Donovan, Cork Student News, 9 November]
“Health problems and Ireland’s image abroad will worsen significantly unless rising alcohol abuse by young people is reversed, the head of one of the country’s biggest colleges has warned …” (more)
[Niall Murray, Irish Examiner, 6 November]
“The government was yesterday urged by two leading academics to introduce financial supports for students who could not afford a possible doubling of registration fees to ensure they do not drop out of third-level education …” (more)
[Barry Roche, Irish Times, 2 November]
“The timing of today’s joint announcement from President Michael Murphy of UCC and his CIT-based counterpart that they support the re-introduction of fees couldn’t possibly have been much worse …” (more)
[Daniel O'Carroll, Cork Student News, 1 November]
“In a surprise development today, the Presidents of both UCC and CIT, Dr Michael Murphy, and Dr Brendan Murphy respectively have both spoken out in favour of the reintroduction of third level fees …” (more)
[Cork Student News, 1 November]
“… Mr Evans said: ‘I assumed the findings had exonerated me and was relieved to have been cleared’. However, UCC president Dr Murphy, refuted this. He said the investigators had upheld the complaint regarding showing her the article about oral sex among bats and that this amounted to sexual harassment. Dr Murphy said the sanctions imposed on Mr Evans, a two-year period of intensive monitoring and counselling, were in line with UCC’s outlined protocols …” (more)
[BreakingNews.ie, 18 May]
