Professor Philip Nolan has secured an urgent temporary injunction restraining his summary dismissal from Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) after his lawyers argued in court he was “grievously wronged” when stripped without warning of his role this week. His exit as DG – first reported by The Currency on Tuesday – came on the back of an independent investigation into alleged “inappropriate behaviour” by Nolan following complaints against him by senior staff at the agency. The urgent court application on Thursday afternoon was made before Justice Rory Mulcahy, who concluded Nolan had made a strong case that his dismissal – without…

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