“… 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]