A report on a legal judgment in the edition of January 18th last, concerning an appeal to the Supreme Court, had a headline ‘Professor’s dismissal from DCU did not observe fair procedures’ which should have said ‘purported dismissal’. The report stated that a year had elapsed between the purported termination (of Prof Paul Cahill) and the High Court hearing. While the judgment is not precise on the matter, the gap was less than a year and could have been two months.
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