Kerry campus plan as US university bids for school site

An American university has confirmed plans to develop an international $1m (€729,000) campus in Dingle, Co Kerry.

The Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut, has put in a bid for the former Christian Brothers’ school in Dingle.

Seán Pól Ó Conchúir, director of SHU Dingle Campus, announced yesterday that the university board had approved the investment.