€9.5m education initiative for Shannon region

THE Government has agreed to fund a major new education initiative which will see new linkages between the University of Limerick (UL), and other third-level institutions in Limerick and Tralee.

UL, Mary Immaculate College of education, and Limerick and Tralee Institutes of Technology will be known as the Shannon Consortium.

They will upgrade existing courses with €9.5 million in funding, which the Government has agreed to allocate through the Higher Education Authority.