Clare council seeks change for Limerick university

Clare County Council is to make an audacious bid to have the University of Limerick (UL) renamed the University of County Clare and Limerick.

The CEO of Clare County Council, Tom Coughlan, has confirmed he will write to both Minister for Education Jan O’Sullivan and the UL governing body to request that the Banner County be reflected in the name of the university.

A large portion of the UL campus is already based in Co Clare and, under its current expansion plan, more than half of the college will be located in Clare by 2020.