Taoiseach to open state-of-the-art IT research centre

ONE of the largest information and communications technology research groups in Ireland will welcome Taoiseach Bertie Ahern on Monday to showcase their extensive work in the communications technology sector.

The Taoiseach is due to officially open the ArcLab Research & Innovation Centre on Waterford Institute of Technology’s West Campus at Carriganore, a purpose-designed 2,350 sqm facility, built with funding from the Higher Education Authority (HEA), Enterprise Ireland and AIB.

The ArcLab Research & Innovation Centre is frequently cited as an example of best practice in higher education and, under the HEA’s Programme for Research in Third-Level Institutions (PRTLI), accommodates 110 researchers of the Telecommunications Software & Systems Group (TSSG).