Carlow College Expresses Concern Over Lecturer Redundancy Plans

Staff representative Dr Regina Donlon wants a working group for lecturers to be set up.

Staff of Carlow College are slamming plans to make more than 85 lecturers redundant, saying generations of educational expertise are being lost.

It follows an announcement in May, that the college would wind down its operations, with its campus falling under the ownership of South East Technological University.

Staff representative Dr Regina Donlon says workers haven’t been consulted with, and were left in the dark about their future.

She’s calling for a working group to be established, and livelihoods to be protected:

President of Carlow College, Father Conn Ó Maoldhomhnaigh says meetings were held before any plans about redundancies were finalised:

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