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Friday, October 24th, 2008
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 ...
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Sunday, October 12th, 2008
This week the Irish Times published an article, depicting the rise of Irish universities in the world rankings. This article by the Irish Times was based on the QS SAFE - National System Strength Rankings, which rates countries all over the world. As part of the ...
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Wednesday, October 1st, 2008
Following a line of questioning in the Dail yesterday by Brian O’Shea (Labour TD) to Batt O’Keefe (Minister for Education) on the subject of the outstanding application for re-designation of WIT as the University for the South East, the Minister said that a decision is likely within ...
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Friday, June 27th, 2008
The campaign has been quiet on the website for the past while: A great number of changes have happened since the run to Dublin back in April that required more work to be carried out behind the scenes. With the resignation of Bertie Ahern and the subsequent ...
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Saturday, April 19th, 2008
Eamon Gilmore (Labour Party leader) came to WIT on Thursday last to address an audience. During his speech he paid particular focus to the needs of the South East region and with specific emphasis on a university for the region, stated that this was an urgent and ...
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Thursday, April 10th, 2008
Yesterday Fine Gael TD Brian Hayes put a priority question to Minister Hanafin in the Dáil, about the decision regarding the university for the South East. The initial response from the Minister was the same text that has been seen from other government officials in recent weeks. ...
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Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
This weekend FUSE received an official statement from Dr. Martin Mansergh, TD for Tipperary South, showing his support for the university of the South East. In his statement, Dr. Mansergh draws attention to the progressive attitude of neighbouring countries such as Britain, toward catering for all regions ...
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Friday, March 14th, 2008
The issue of the University for the South East was debated in the Dáil today with contributions from many members of the house including Deputy Tom Hayes and Deputy Martin Mansergh. The discussion was incredibly favourable of a university being established in the South East, with emphasis ...
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Friday, March 14th, 2008
A number of people have sent their support to the website but have also said that they are unsure about what they should write in a letter to the Minister or to their local TD. We have created a set of sample letters that you can use as ...
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Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
This Sunday Fine Gael TD, Brian Hayes, unveiled the Fine Gael position on the re-designation of WIT to be the university for the South East. FUSE welcome this statement of support by Fine Gael, that the South East region is ready for a university. It is the ...
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