College building projects delayed over incomplete review

COLLEGE building projects costing hundreds of millions of euro are being delayed because a review on the work ordered by Education Minister Noel Dempsey is incomplete.

The review was announced to colleges by the Higher Education Authority (HEA) a year ago. The group carrying it out is chaired by former AIB Bank managing director Kevin Kelly.

It was asked to prioritise State funding for capital projects at universities and institutes of technology and was due to report back to the HEA by the end of October.