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Teacher alleges women given preferential treatment in Masters programme 24 years ago
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A teacher is pursuing a 24-year-old gender discrimination claim against UCD, alleging that the university refused him a place on a Master's course despite him being "more qualified than at least the least-qualified" woman who was chosen ahead of him. Patrick Kelly of Edenderry, Co Offaly, applied to the High Court today seeking permission to cross-examine the university's director of legal services, Julian Bostridge. Ms Justice Mary Rose Gearty fixed a date in May 2027 for the hearing of the motion. Ms Justice Gearty set a further date of 15 July for the substantive hearing of the matter, at which time it will be 25 years old. Mr Kelly has taken his case against University College Dublin, National University of Ireland, Dublin, with the Director of the Equality Tribunal as a named notice party. He submits that when he applied for a place on a social sciences Masters course in March 2002, he was "under-marked" because of his gender and discriminated against during his course interview.
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What: Report matter: Teacher alleges women given preferential treatment in Masters programme 24 years ago. Procedural stage: hearing_or_decision
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- May 2027 Hearing Or Sentence
- 15 July Hearing Or Sentence
- March 2002 Other
- May 13 Hearing Or Sentence
- 2026-07-09 Publication
Why: He submits that when he applied for a place on a social sciences Masters course in March 2002, he was "under-marked" because of his gender and discriminated against during his course interview. CNI source report
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