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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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Tuesday, September 16th, 2008
On Sunday, several volunteers from the Friends of the University for the South East took part in the annual Munster Express 10km fun run through Waterford City. Getting the name back out there to show people that the group is still going and still helping to raise ...
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Sunday, September 14th, 2008
Recently, Joe O’Brien (Director of CIF), speaking on behalf of the Construction Industry Federation (CIF), gave the support of the industry towards the redesignation of WIT as a university for the South East. Mr. O’Brien commented that the region was lucky to have WIT, which has served ...
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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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Saturday, April 5th, 2008
"It deserves to be successful on its own merits. And it should be possible to ring fence a decision in its favour to ensure the role of the wider IoT sector is not compromised."
Those are the words that echoed through the editorial appearing in the Irish Times ...
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Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
On Monday morning at 10:30 the runners departed the Clock Tower in Waterford City and made their way to Kilkenny. On Tuesday they passed through Carlow and along the N81, reaching Dublin late that evening. On Wednesday the baton was passed to Ken McGrath and Michael “Brick” Walsh who carried ...
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Wednesday, March 26th, 2008
Over the past number of weeks, FUSE has been extremely active in grass roots campaigning and garnering support for the establishment of a university for the South-East region. Members of FUSE have campaigned in town centres and at GAA matches across the region. Our spokesman, Dr. Mark ...
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Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
An article in today’s Irish Times by Ed Walsh, founding president of the University of Limerick, states unequivocally that the South East is the only region in Ireland with a legitimate claim for a new university. Ed examines the recent application by CIT and describes this as ...
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