The former chairman of the Waterford Institute of Technology governing body said he organised and sanctioned a controversial €4,200 flight to Dublin for a visiting academic.

Waterford Institute of Technology’s financial officer raised concerns with the college’s former president Kieran Byrne about his travel expenses a decade before lavish spending cost him his job, TDs have been told.

For those who believe that whistle-blower legislation will be an effective tool in reforming this society evidence given to yesterday’s sitting of the Dáil Public Accounts Committee will be very disheartening.

University chiefs have been told by Education Minister Ruairi Quinn to make better use of scarce resources if he is to push the case for increased funding to the sector.

Universities have breached recession-era staff pay caps by over €8m since the end of the Celtic Tiger boom.

WATERFORD Institute of Technology (WIT) has thanked former president Kieran Byrne for his contribution to the college after he decided not to remain on in a management role.

PROFESSOR Kieran Byrne’s role as president of Waterford Institute of Technology will not be extended after the college board decided last night not to reappoint him amid controversy over his expenses.

PROFESSOR Kieran Byrne’s role as president of Waterford Institute of Technology will not be extended today after the college board decided last night not to reappoint him after controversy over his expenses.

WATERFORD Institute of Technology has been asked to give an immediate report to the state’s third-level funding agency on spending on its president’s office, including more than €140,000 on courier and taxi services since 2004.

WATERFORD Institute of Technology has been asked to give an immediate report to the state’s third level funding agency on spending on its president’s office.

AN urgent review has been ordered by the board of Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) into how almost €21,000 was spent on its president Dr Kieran Byrne’s office last year.

WATERFORD Institute of Technology (WIT) has spent more than €20,000 on furniture, fittings and security for the office of its president, located in a new building completed just three years ago.

AN Irishman on a work travel visa in Australia has been jailed for attacking a fellow countryman in what was described as a callous and cowardly attack.

A DRAMATISED reading of Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas will be presented shortly at the new Town Hall Theatre in Dungarvan.

A €25 million tourism and leisure studies building for Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) has brought capital investment at the main campus to more than €70m in seven years.

THE first chief executive-in-residence at the Waterford School of Business has been named as pharmacist Sam McCauley.

ONE of the world’s leading entrepreneurs has joined a list of prestigious people conferred with an honorary fellowship at Waterford Institute of Technology.

UNIVERSITY status for Waterford Institute of Technology is on the way and will “rock the region”, according to institute director, Professor Kieran Byrne.

WATERFORD boasts massive, unexploited potential as a major hub for the financial services industry, a key economist has claimed.

MANAGERS who are interested in boosting their skills level and broadening their career horizons are being targeted by a new MBA programme run in Dungarvan, Co Waterford.

A TIPPERARY man with a love for the land has been hailed as a prime example to his peers.

STUDENTS at Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) and those in the wider community interested in the arts are in for a major treat next week.

A LEADING light in Waterford Wedgwood has made achieving university status for Waterford Institute of Technology his key focus.

A MAJOR overhaul of teacher training which could lead to significant changes in course content and possibly longer degree programmes is to begin shortly.

Professor Kieran Byrne, director of Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT), talks to David Clerkin.

WATERFORD’S campaign for a university was dealt a blow last night as Education Minister Mary Hanafin refused to bow to local pressure to upgrade the city’s Institute of Technology.

WATERFORD Institute of Technology took a big step towards the future yesterday, announcing the closure of one campus building and the construction of a €6 million research and development facility on the outskirts of the city.

Niall Murray, Education Correspondent

MORE teenagers than ever are looking for help for alcohol and drug abuse.