MUNSTER’S two universities are about to begin the search for new presidents.

THE University of Limerick yesterday signed a €15.8 million contract for the longest pedestrian bridge to be built in this country.

THE president of the University of Limerick Professor Roger Downer has decided to step down from his post on health grounds. He made the announcement at a meeting of the UL governing authority yesterday.

The President of the University of Limerick Professor Roger Downer has resigned from his post for health reasons.

LIMERICK is calling on its reputation for rugby excellence to help top teams get better results.

THE head of the University of Limerick has put down a clear marker for the Minister for Education as her department draws up plans for a new graduate-only school of medicine.

THE astronaut watched by a spellbound world earlier this year carrying out a critical panel-beating repair job on the US space shuttle Discovery flies into Limerick this weekend on a less hazardous mission.

DR Tiede Herrema, who was kidnapped by IRA gang members Eddie Gallagher and Marion Coyle 30 years ago, said yesterday he was keeping secret what was said when he met them many years later.

LIMERICK is to remain the home of Munster rugby after the IRFU Munster Branch last night revealed it is to look at three alternative sites for Thomond Park - but all in the Treaty city.

A leading academic, Dr Roger Downer, has said that Irish parents are too protective of their children and, as a result, may deprive the country of the type of risk-takers needed in the business world.

OVERLY protective parents may be stifling the risk taking and decision making abilities of their children - the business people of the future, a leading educationalist warned at the weekend.

WITH obesity responsible for about 2,500 deaths in Ireland annually, a recent survey again graphically illustrates that the problem has to be addressed with urgency, especially in young people.

Shannon Development has hosted the first meeting of the high-profile international advisory board for the National Agile Logistic Hub project.

UNIVERSITY of Limerick president Roger Downer yesterday warned that vital research would suffer if the Government continued to slash third level college budgets.

THE Government must continue funding education and research in science properly, a leading academic told UCC graduates yesterday.

THE head of one of the country’s leading universities accused the Government of threatening research competitiveness yesterday.

THE identity of an Irish philanthropist who has donated €5 million to the University of Limerick for the development of its College of Business remained a closely guarded secret last night.

THOUSANDS of jobs won't be filled in the IT sector because many of our brightest students find computer studies boring, a software expert said yesterday.

BUSINESS leaders must ensure the highest levels of integrity are maintained so that benefits of capitalism are enjoyed by all, a top academic said yesterday.