Bid to bring university status to WIT

A TOP entrepreneur has vowed to leave no stone unturned in his campaign to develop Waterford Institute of Technology.

Such a move is critical as the southeast bids to promote itself as a hub for the world’s top pharmaceutical and research and development firms, Waterford Wedgwood chief executive Redmond O’Donoghue said.

Speaking as he was appointed chairman of the Governing Body of WIT, he said: “I want to secure university status for this fine institute of technology. We also need to secure more funding and envisage in the not too distant future the establishment of a foundation to finance works at WIT.