Web Summit founder's pro-Trinity comments 'just a bit of madness', says Bird

Broadcaster Charlie Bird has said students should not pay any attention to comments from the founder of The Summit yesterday, where he said he preferred Trinity graduates when hiring.

Yesterday, Higher Education Authority board member and Dublin Web Summit (now 'The Summit') founder Paddy Cosgrove said that a 2.1 from Trinity is "pretty much" worth a first-class honours degree from the other six universities.