Colleges that cater for more part-time and online learners have been rewarded with a greater share of a €2m fund in support of lifelong learning.

The Government has asked President Michael D Higgins to quickly sign off on new water charges legislation so that refunds can be issued to households before Christmas.

The Department of Education looks set to become embroiled in a political row over a Government policy that might allow a single institute of technology become a technological university.

Reducing the risk of injury to young footballers and hurlers due to training overload, skeletal immaturity, and mismatched age groups is the focus of a new national programme designed to tackle the growing epidemic of sports injuries among adolescents.

A sixth facilitator in two years has been appointed to try to get Carlow and Waterford Institutes of Technology back talking about merger plans for a possible joint university application.

Senior figures at two third-level colleges in the southeast have given positive soundings about the prospect of restarting talks on a university for the region, despite serious problems highlighted in a plan.

‘Stepping stone’ approach urged to rebuild respect between ITs and restart bid for joint university

Further meetings with Education Minister Jan O’Sullivan are planned for Waterford Institute of Technology management after she told them they could not apply on their own to become a university.

Efforts to establish a university in the south-east appear to be floundering after Waterford Institute of Technology halted work on the required merger with Institute of Technology Carlow.

The board of Cork Institute of Technology has decided to appoint college president Dr Brendan Murphy for another five years — almost eight months before his term ends.

A research facility aimed at the financial services and eco-innovation was officially opened in Kilkenny yesterday by Taoiseach Enda Kenny.

The high standards that colleges will have to meet to become a technological university mean it could be at least two years before any such institution is created.

The proposed establishment of a technological university by three colleges in Cork, Kerry and Limerick has drawn mixed reactions.

A wider course choice and greater international recognition could be among the results of the creation of a Munster Technological University (MTU).

THE institutes of technology in Limerick and Carlow could be moving towards a technological university application after signing a collaboration deal.