Technology companies in Ireland’s South-East have launched a major recruitment drive, hoping to fill almost 700 roles across 40 firms.

Growing up in Ballyclough, Co Cork, you couldn’t get Laura Fitzgerald off the farm.

Here is a selection of people who have just begun interesting new roles with companies in Ireland.

DCU will face UCC in the last-four of the Fitzgibbon Cup following their impressive triumph over Waterford IT at St Clare’s tonight.

Mary Immaculate booked their place in the Fitzgibbon Cup quarter-final following a 4-24 to 1-19 win over Limerick Institute of Technology at the Mary I GAA Grounds.

Gleeson was in devastating form prior to his enforced departure.

WIT Try events differ from college open days as it’s all about giving students a real-life sense of what it’s like to actually study on the course.

Waterford hurling supporters won’t be too keen to recall the 2019 season, but even in a disappointing year there were highlights.

Collecting a BA in English and Irish, he is WIT's oldest graduate, and possibly Ireland’s oldest full-time undergraduate.

Agricultural technology experts gathered in Waterford this week for the launch of a project to digitally transform Europe’s agri-food sector and support vibrant rural areas.

Waterford Institute of Technology paid out almost €400,000 — more than a third of which went on travel — without going through proper procurement, new accounts show.

Making the scene just got a whole lot easier for students at Waterford IT, thanks to an app showcasing info on venues, bars, restaurants, casinos, events, transport, safety, promotions, discount, deals and loyalty.

Helen O'Callaghan asks 13 colleges how they plan to make their newest students feel welcome,what they feel sets these colleges apart, and whether they've got any new courses on offer this year.

Croke Park isn’t supposed to be a bundle of fun when three-quarters of the place lies out of bounds and the crowd can be corralled into a few sections of the Lower Hogan Stand.

Students at Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) have created a robotic "friend" which uses software to work out how people feel.

Business leaders in Waterford have hit back at criticism over the Government's plan to invest €5m in the region's airport.

The people of Waterford voted to reject the proposal of a directly elected mayor by the narrowest of margins of just over 1%.

The plebiscite was rejected by a margin of just over 700 votes - with 22,437 voting against it against 21,718 supporting the motion.

RTÉ has appointed a new south-east correspondent to a position which has been vacant for the past four months.

Here’s one thing you knew about Páraic Fanning. He’s Mount Sion and Déise hurling royalty.

Waterford County Board chairman Paddy Joe Ryan says Walsh Park “was the only game in town” for redevelopment within the county but warns refurbishment costs cannot be allowed to “paralyse the county board”.

Every year, the confirmed Fitzgibbon Cup panels read more and more like a who’s who of the inter-county game. Hurling is as much a student’s game these days as a young man’s one. So among our ones to watch in this year’s competition (which begins Sunday) there will be familiar names but to a man, they have points to prove.

Stephen Barrett will join the coaching staff of World Tour cycling team AG2R-La Mondiale for 2019. The Fermoy native will assume the role of Performance Scientist with the French squad while also continuing in his role as Strength and Conditioning coach for the Waterford senior hurling team.

A legal review of the Higher Education Authority’s (HEA) powers to undertake investigations and reviews in third-level colleges has held up a report on spinout companies at Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) that was due out a year ago.

Páraic Fanning was ratified as the new Waterford senior hurling manager at last night’s county board meeting in Lawlors Hotel, Dungarvan.

Teagasc has named Francis Quigley as farm machinery and milking machine specialist, and Tom Fallon as a farm buildings and infrastructures specialist.

An independent review on the future of troubled Waterford Airport has been completed and sent to Transport Minister, Shane Ross.

The Waterford County Board have released a statement to refute claims made by former Sports Minister Martin Cullen that he could have delivered a new stadium for them a decade ago had they been willing to leave Walsh Park.

Phil Healy has described her coach Shane McCormack as a “mastermind” after the Bandon sprinter broke the long-standing Irish 100m record at Morton Stadium on Wednesday night.

BACK for sale by private treaty, in a good Waterford city location and including land and buildings, with a €3 million price guide, is the former St Joseph’s House, used for a number of years by the Little Sisters of the Poor as a nursing home.

Colleges are being required to tighten their policies to avoid conflicts of interest for staff involved in commercialising on-campus research.

The chairman of the Dáil Public Accounts Committee, Sean Fleming, has accused bosses at Waterford Institute of Technology of “bluffing” to the committee about its relationship with commercial companies under its control.

The Citizen's Assembly will meet today to discuss how referendums are held in Ireland.

A major study involving over 100 people in the early stages of the most common cause of blindness has shown an improvement in the vision of those taking a dietary supplement of carotenoids.

Campaigns like SHAG and SHIFT weeks aim to put the focus on the big issue of sexual consent at third level institutions, writes Áilín Quinlan

A review of college and university finances may be needed due to a lack of transparency in accounts, alleged commercial conflicts of interest, and concerns over where vital funds end up, writes Fiachra Ó Cionnaith.

A review of college and university finances may be needed due to a lack of transparency in accounts, alleged commercial conflicts of interest, and concerns over where vital funds end up.

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.

Lecturers at institutes of technology have voted for a deal with colleges and the Department of Education that should clear the way for new laws allowing the creation of technological universities.

The Dáil’s Public Accounts Committee has told junior minister for skills John Halligan to clarify why he criticised the group for examining financial issues at Waterford IT, amid claims of an attempt to block any investigation that may damage his constituency.

The Higher Education Authority is to appoint an international expert to validate an internal review of processes within Waterford Institute of Technology, following a request by the president of the college.