There has been a broad welcome to the news that the Government has ruled out increasing the burden on students

Free accommodation is to be provided, along with a €186,000-plus salary, for the president of Ireland’s first technological university — but the location will only be decided after the person is selected.

The resignation of the chief executive of the Higher Education Authority 18 months after being appointed should be of concern to Education Minister Richard Bruton.

GOVERNMENT ministers never tire of telling us that public spending decisions are about setting priorities, never more so than when an economy is recovering from recession and fiscal prudence demands that the mistakes of the past must not be repeated.

Cork and Tralee institutes of technology plan to spend part of a €70,000 branding budget to assess if they should change the name of the technological university to be created by their merger.

Plans to increase the movement of academics, students and innovation between Ireland and other countries are being boosted this week.

Social Protection Minister Regina Doherty has said she will pay back any monies she received as Government chief whip if asked to do so, writes Daniel McConnell.

More college students are choosing Ireland as a study destination because of Brexit.

Socialist TD Paul Murphy has accused the Taoiseach and two of his ministers of defaming him in connection with the Jobstown anti-water protest.