University of Limerick

UL tenders for final phase of fire safety works at student village two years after blaze

The €11.14m outlay for the university comes amid financial woes at UL arising from significant overpayments stretching into millions of euro from the acquisition of two sites

Fri, 29 Aug, 2025

University of Limerick unveils 'elephant in the room' sculpture as part of mental health campaign

A number of such sculptures are already in universities, schools, workplaces and public spaces around Ireland

Thu, 21 Aug, 2025

'Easier to get cocaine in Limerick than a pint', students tell author

Joseph O'Connor's comments come amid growing concern that the city is now the 'go-to place' to get crack cocaine

Mon, 12 May, 2025

'Like a homecoming': UL presents novelist Paul Lynch with Honorary Doctorate

The author, who won the prestigious Booker Prize in 2023 for his novel Prophet Song, was hailed as 'one of the great novelists of his generation'

Fri, 11 Apr, 2025

'My son was denied justice': Dad's heartbroken plea to DPP at vigil for student Joe Drennan

Family and friends tell UL vigil concurrent sentence means hit-and-run driver will serve no time at all for killing Joe Drennan

Fri, 07 Feb, 2025

Garryowen v Shannon - All-Ireland League Division 1

S Duncan Casey: Limerick's falling rugby stock is bad news for all

The years of decline Limerick faced in the aftermath of the financial crash fundamentally changed the landscape of club rugby in the city to such an extent that it will be difficult, if not impossible, to reverse

Thu, 30 Jan, 2025

Additional medicine, pharmacy, and dentistry programmes come onstream in bid to address shortages

Having more courses available is likely to ease the pressure faced by students when it comes to securing a college place through the CAO process

Fri, 18 Oct, 2024

Cianan Brennan: New dawn must see University of Limerick cut ties with past

Thursday's appearance before the Public Accounts Committee was a bruising affair but for all the talk of reform, those in charge don’t seem to have realised that UL must sever links with the past, regardless of cost

Fri, 04 Oct, 2024

Former UL president being paid €175k but has no course to teach, Dáil committee hears

Professor Kerstin Mey is on a year’s sabbatical to 'kickstart' her academic career, a 'normal' move for a senior executive re-entering academia

Thu, 03 Oct, 2024

University of Limerick says any further scandal would be 'utterly disastrous'

UL to face Dáil committee to answer questions about it paid millions of euro above market value for two properties

Wed, 02 Oct, 2024

Planning board gives go-ahead for new UL campus on former supermarket site

University of Limerick has been granted planning permission for the change of use of the former Dunnes Stores outlet on Sarsfield Street, Limerick, to become the centre for its new City Campus

Mon, 16 Sep, 2024

Damning report reveals UL overpaid for properties by millions of euro

State spending watchdog finds significant failings by university in the acquisition of former Dunnes Stores on Honan's Quay and homes purchased in Rhebogue for student accommodation

Fri, 13 Sep, 2024

Minister acknowledges University of Limerick's controversies have impacted students

Speaking to the graduates, the Limerick TD said: 'One thing that has never been in doubt is the academic reputation and the quality of the graduates produced from this university.'

Mon, 26 Aug, 2024

University of Limerick president Kerstin Mey to resign from position

Professor Mey will be taking up a professorship at the university from September 1 of this year

Fri, 14 Jun, 2024

'Incapacitated' University of Limerick president won't appear before PAC

'Sadness and anger' at damage housing controversy 'has done to UL’s reputation'

UL first purchased the 20 houses in Rhebogue from Silvergrove Developments in August 2022 for about €12m

Wed, 08 May, 2024

UL asks PAC to defer hearing into 'significant' overspends as president cannot attend

The University of Limerick (UL) has asked an Oireachtas committee to defer a hearing into “significant” overspends on student accommodation because its embattled president is unable to attend.

Sun, 07 Apr, 2024

University of Limerick records €700,000 deficit after overpaying for student housing

The provost of the university wrote to staff to inform them that the Higher Education Authority will be visiting UL in the coming weeks to speak with senior staff

Fri, 05 Apr, 2024

New antibiotic-resistant bacteria found in Limerick hospital

The new species of bacteria, which is capable of colonising patients in a hospital setting, was also identified from swabs taken from a patient admitted to one of the hospital’s wards

Mon, 15 Jan, 2024

University of Limerick elects Prof Brigid Laffan as new chancellor

Professor Laffan, a distinguished academic and political scientist, takes over from outgoing chancellor Mary Harney, who had been in the role since 2018

Thu, 02 Nov, 2023

Irish Examiner View: University of Limerick's financial affairs are brought to book

Questions remain about decision-making at an institution when its governing authority has not seen a report on one of the biggest controversies in that institution’s history

Fri, 19 May, 2023

Fatal UL kayak trip was 'not properly assessed for risks'

A kayaking trip by a group of students from the University of Limerick (UL) on a river in Co Kerry three years ago, during which a young woman drowned, was not suitable for all participants, an investigation has found

Tue, 28 Feb, 2023

UL ordered to pay €50k to former student counsellor who was forced to retire

Workplace Relations Commission rules that university had breached employment equality rules by discriminating on grounds of age

Sun, 29 Jan, 2023

New hub established for commuting students in Limerick

Some students are travelling long distances and arriving on campus hours before classes start and have nowhere else to go

Mon, 21 Nov, 2022

Life with aphasia: 'My language went completely'

When asked a question on radio, Martin Quinn found he couldn't speak. It was a stroke, later diagnosed as aphasia

Fri, 03 Jun, 2022

UL v NUIG - Yoplait LGFA O'Connor Cup Semi-Final

UL lead the way in HEC All Star team

O'Connor Cup runners-up UCC have five representatives

Wed, 16 Mar, 2022

Key report into University of Limerick finances blocked by legal threat

President of the university Professor Kerstin Mey said a legal threat of “interlocutory action” had been made by a key individual named in the report conducted by consultants KPMG

Tue, 01 Mar, 2022

Encouraging women into STEM not just another ‘equality’ fad

Professor Ita Richardson explains why it's so important to encourage girls to take up science, technology, engineering, and maths

Thu, 16 Dec, 2021

UCC food bank runs out of food after just 50 minutes

Students have arrived throughout the day to access the food bank in operation for the first time since 2019.

Wed, 06 Oct, 2021

'It's just crazy': Cork students resort to hostels and couch surfing amid accommodation crisis

"There are students couch surfing, swapping between friends' houses, staying wherever they can."

Wed, 15 Sep, 2021

'Another 20 years before all disabled people can live in community'

Joint Oireachtas Committee on disability matters hears stark prediction

Thu, 01 Jul, 2021

Playing the percentages: UL team aim to find out how Irish assess and think about risk?

Does the idea of taking a risk make you panic, or does it make you flushed with excitement?It is no accident that so many of our favourite myths and stories are about those who take a risk and what happens to them.

Wed, 23 Jun, 2021

Lero opens Ireland’s first esports research lab

Could gaming help treat depression and anxiety?

Thu, 17 Jun, 2021

Limerick's 'Covid court' a non-stop party zone, say residents

Resident of College Court says students, local youths and drug dealers are all flocking to the area

Wed, 03 Mar, 2021

Limerick students warned about gatherings after 'significant clusters' of Covid-19 identified

The President of the University of Limerick urged students to 'stay apart' amid fears of the rapid spread of the B117 strain of the Covid-19 virus.

Mon, 22 Feb, 2021

On-campus Covid tests offered to UL students to curb spike in cases

Department of Public Health Mid-West has seen evidence of an increase of cases among students living in the immediate vicinity of the campus due to 'simple household visits'

Tue, 09 Feb, 2021

Jess Casey: What is a college campus without its students?

On the last Friday in September, UL, like all third-level institutions, was directed to limit the majority of face-to-face teaching it had planned, with just essential classes to be held on-site

Sun, 11 Oct, 2020

Áine Kenny: PhD students call for urgent reform of the system

PhD scholars are calling for a reform of the system, citing a lack of standardisation, meagre stipends, and their spouses not being allowed to work as serious issues.

Thu, 17 Sep, 2020

University of Limerick delivers 100,000 visors to protect health workers amid Covid-19

100,000 face visors are being delivered to the HSE after University of Limerick designed them using a 3-D printer.

Fri, 10 Apr, 2020

Astronaut Chris Hadfield's niece among UL Medical School graduates

Inspired by her retired astronaut uncle, Kelly Hadfield has counted down her own giant career leap into the world of medicine.

Tue, 11 Jun, 2019

UL signs contracts to purchase Dunnes Stores site

University of Limerick is to buy a former shopping centre for the development of a City Campus.

Sat, 25 May, 2019

Vacant shopping centre bought by university for €8m as city campus

A vacant Dunnes Stores shopping centre in Limerick is to be redeveloped into a modern city- centre third-level college campus.

Sat, 06 Apr, 2019

Game on: ‘Pac-Man’ measures up in study of success

You might have thought the classic arcade game Pac-Man was a pixelated gobble-‘em-up and little more, but a study by an academic at the University of Limerick claims it can provide insights into human behaviour and psychology.

Sat, 30 Mar, 2019

UL warns over challenges despite €7m surplus

The University of Limerick warns that it is facing a challenge over the sustainability of its finances, despite recording a surplus of almost €7m in the year to the end of Sept 2017.

Tue, 26 Mar, 2019

Collingwood Cup Finals to take place in UL

University of Limerick are set to host the final stages of the 2019 Rustlers Irish Universities Collingwood Cup in February, for the first time since 2012.

Mon, 03 Dec, 2018