Navy unhappy UCC and CIT shut joint effort on research facility

The Irish Naval Service (INS) was disappointed by the decision of UCC and Cork Institute of Technology to shut down earlier this year a maritime research facility on which the three collaborated.

Documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act show the INS claimed a report used by the two colleges to justify the closure of the Irish Marine and Energy Research Cluster (IMERC), in Ringaskiddy, Co Cork, contained “inaccuracies and unsubstantiated assertions”.

A senior naval officer said that the flawed report could result in reputational damage for the Naval Service and for individual officers.