HEA chief executive announces resignation

“Fiona O’Loughlin, Chairperson of the Oireachtas Committee on Education, discusses the resignation of the Chief Executive of the Higher Education Authority …” (mp3)

[RTÉ – Morning Ireland, 22 August]

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