UL boss warns of funding crisis at colleges

THE chancellor of the University of Limerick has warned that urgent action needs to be taken to address huge underfunding of Ireland’s third-level colleges.

Peter Malone told a graduation ceremony at UL yesterday: “I applaud the initiative taken by Minister O’Keeffe to review our higher education sector.

“I would urge that this review is undertaken as a matter of great urgency and completed in a shorter period than the 18 months that has been proposed.