UL criticised for failing to develop agri-related courses by farm group
ICMSA president John Comer said his group has met with UL representatives in 2011, and had pointed out UCD is the only university in the state offering a course in subjects directly applicable to farming — the country’s biggest economic activity, in which in excess of 150,000 people were directly or indirectly employed, and responsible for almost €9bn in exports annually.
“We pointed out that UL was situated ‘slap bang’ in the middle of the most intensive dairy regions on the planet and yet had not even a single interaction with farming or the processing or, for that matter, the specialised economics or marketing necessary to complement the technical excellence of our dairy farmers.
