Professor Philip Nolan has failed to secure an interlocutory injunction against his summary dismissal as director general of Science Foundation Ireland (SFI).  In a 30-page judgment handed down on Friday morning, Justice Rory Mulcahy found that Nolan did not have a strong enough case against SFI to justify a court decision requiring his return to work.  Nolan argued that he met the high threshold needed to secure a mandatory injunction and that damages would not be an inadequate remedy for his dismissal. The judge disagreed.  The case hinged on whether Nolan had been fired for misconduct. If this was the case,…

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