Kenny urged to pledge Waterford university status

FINE GAEL’s youngest Councillor Tom Raine yesterday called on party leader Enda Kenny to commit to granting university status for the Waterford Institute of Technology ahead of the next general election.

Tramore town councillor Mr Raine, 20, said his own party has “not been clear enough” on committing to university status for WIT weeks after Mr Kenny told a Young Fine Gael summer school that his party would “trigger a process to do the analysis for a university of the south east”.

However, Mr Raine, who is also the deputy mayor of Tramore, said he believes the party’s position on WIT may have changed.