A Fine Gael councillor from Co Kilkenny has defended the fact that she received fees and expenses totalling almost €57,000 since Apr 2010 in her role as a member of the governing body of Waterford Institute of Technology.

Buying chick-lit novels and flying first-class while a colleague was in steerage form part of a court claim by Waterford Institute of Technology for repayment of €120,000 from its ex-president.

Some of the world’s most popular bloggers were eating, drinking and sightseeing their way around Cork and Kerry for the past few days.

Waterford Institute of Technology has asked its former president Kieran Byrne to repay some expenses incurred during his time in office that it claims were of personal benefit to him.

Another ex-chairman of Waterford Institute of Technology has said he was never told of concerns about the expenses of former college president Kieran Byrne.

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.

A company that has withdrawn a controversial planning application for a waste depot on the edge of Waterford City wants the public to email it with alternative site suggestions.

Residents, businesses, and a third-level college are among the objectors to plans for a waste facility on the edge of Waterford City.

The institutes of technology in Cork, Limerick and Tralee are to apply to become the Munster Technological University.

A wider course choice and greater international recognition could be among the results of the creation of a Munster Technological University (MTU).

DATAPAC, one of Ireland’s leading independent computer services providers, has launched a work placement scholarship programme as part of its commitment to third level GAA sponsorship.