Colleges meet to review merger

The governing bodies of Cork and Tralee institutes of technology met yesterday to decide whether to speed up a merger necessary to apply for technological university status.

However, the colleges were not prepared to reveal the outcome last night. A spokesperson said a statement was likely to issue this morning.

Both Cork Institute of Technology and Institute of Technology Tralee hope to apply to become the Munster Technological University in 2017 or 2018.