Carlow and Waterford ITs to submit joint university bid

The joint application for university status by institutes of technology in Carlow and Waterford will be submitted to the Government by the end of September but no timeframe has been set out by the Minister for Education Richard Bruton for approval of the plan.

Mr Bruton was in IT Carlow last week to turn the sod on a new €30m sports campus which will bolster the institute’s reputation as one of the leading third-level colleges for sport in Ireland.

However, he didn’t make any promises about the long-planned Technological University for the South East.