Enda Kenny backs South East University

October 24, 2008 – 08:52

The Fine Gael leader, Enda Kenny, has come out in support of the re-designation of Waterford IT as the university for the South East. The party leader stated that the case for Waterford was very strong and that both it and DIT should be successful in their proposal for university status.This is a much welcomed statement from the opposition leadership and comes at a time when the office of the Minister for Education and Science is analysing the applications made by WIT, DIT, and CIT for university designations.