Painful cuts to third-level education will hamper economic recovery, a college leader warned today.

A DISCOVERY by Irish scientists could help reduce the risk of food poisoning from barbecued food.

EDUCATION Minister Batt O’Keeffe has urged high-earning third-level academics and managers to take the pay cuts already being offered by senior civil servants after it emerged 50 university bosses were paid €10 million last year.

Charles Haughey’s family hope his private papers handed over to a university today will restore his standing as political giant – but the public will have to wait until 2022 to see them.

STUDENTS and staff at Dublin City University (DCU) believe it is likely that third-level fees will be reintroduced within the next 20 years and that it will be one of a number of factors to have a significant impact on college life.

NO SPECIFIC application to increase college fees has been made by universities, an Oireachtas committee has heard.

UNIVERSITIES here are facing deficits of about €45 million, college bosses have admitted.

A US-style endowment system that would encourage wealthy parents to make cash contributions to universities will be considered as part of a review into third-level funding.

President Mary McAleese and her husband Dr Martin McAleese have been jointly conferred with honorary doctorates from Dublin City University.

President Mary McAleese and her husband Martin will today be conferred with honorary doctorates to mark their contribution to the peace process in the North.

President Mary McAleese and her husband Martin will tomorrow be conferred with honorary doctorates to mark their contribution to the Northern peace process.

THE institutes of technology do not see any need to abandon the college entry points system sought this week by a university president, according to their umbrella organisation.

A UNIVERSITY president has called for the points system used to select college entrants to be scrapped.

THE country’s universities have received an €8.5 million boost to strengthen poor links with business and ensure taxpayers get the maximum return from State investment in research.

SPORTING, media, education and business leaders were among those honoured as the first recipients of the Dublin City University Alumni Awards yesterday.

A new Institute for Ethics will help fill the void left by the Catholic Church, it was claimed today.

Business chiefs and academics must work side by side to ensure Ireland creates a reservoir of talent to support its growing knowledge-based economy, it was claimed today.

E-Learning company SmartForce has announced the appointment of Ferdinand von Prondzynski to its Board Of Directors.