The Thorn report makes 36 findings on issues at UL, but it will take another review in a few years to see if they’ve been tackled, writes Education Correspondent Niall Murray.

Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board (KWETB) says it has co-operated fully with inquiries to date around procurement and other issues that are now subject to a ministerial-appointed investigation.

An audit of nearly €2m worth of severance payments has led the University of Limerick’s new president to call for an extraordinary meeting of its highest decision-making body.

The president of the University of Limerick has said there is “no evidence of anything illegal” in any of the allegations against the university.

University of Limerick (UL) president Des Fitzgerald says he will not hesitate to take action if a number of ongoing probes uncover any breaches of conduct rules by staff or directors.

The University of Limerick (UL) could be forced to repay part of the €450,000 paid in severance to two former managers who were rehired as consultants, TDs have been told.

Third-level bosses face a severe grilling by TDs over gaps in their evidence to the Dáil Public Accounts Committee about financial affairs.

The new President of the University of Limerick Dr Des Fitzgerald has said he was "appalled" by the revelations on last night's RTÉ Investigates programme about governance and management issues at the university.

University of Limerick continued to make consultancy payments to a retired financial controller after he turned 60 and was also receiving a pension, the Dáil Public Accounts Committee has been told.

The use of severance payments is to be included in the independent review of governance, human resources, and financial issues at University of Limerick (UL) ordered by Education Minister Richard Bruton.

A 25-year-old diver has died in an incident near the Saltee islands off the Wexford coast.

As Ireland’s economic crisis bites hard, thousands are returning to college. And many are making radical career changes, says Áilín Quinlan

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.

JUST over €20 billion is to be invested over the next six years in programmes aimed at boosting employment.

HUNDREDS of institute of technology courses will next week accept students with foundation-level maths for the first time.

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