UL hopes €52m project will see it rise up the ranks

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has launched a first-of-its-kind €52m science and engineering project at the University of Limerick which will create new R&D concepts for use in the pharmaceutical and biomedical industries.

The Bernal Project will be overseen by 10 of the world’s leading academics in the field and will be housed in a new building due for completion in two years time, and which will provide 150 construction jobs.

Up to 75 full-time, multinational researchers will be recruited to run the project.