Calls for a university for South East

A HIGHLY successful business leader responsible for Waterford’s largest private employer has added his voice to growing calls for the granting of designation to Waterford Institute of Technology to allow it to become the University of the South East.

Bausch & Lomb vice-president Frank O’Regan, a native of Cork, said the issue now leads the agenda for Waterford and the South East region.

“In business, we are particularly keen to see the establishment of a multi-campus university across the South East that can act as a driver of regional growth and help the South East to catch up on regions that have performed better during the ‘Celtic Tiger’ era.”