Former president Kerstin Mey resigned following a mediation process in June 2024 after students and staff expressed no confidence in her leadership. She had been on leave since the previous March.

As UL President since 2020, Prof Mey presided over the controversies from the 2019 purchase of a Dunnes Stores site in Limerick city centre and the 2023 purchase of 20 houses for student accommodation at Drominbeg Square, Rhebogue.