Research and innovation must remain priority in spite of Covid 19 restrictions

Now is the time to double down and ensure investment in third-level education, while research and innovation remains a top priority for the next government, despite the fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic.

Professor Patrick O'Shea

Mr Love said Ireland has seen the "fruits of investment" that the country put into higher education 20 years ago, with those who had matured in it now helping us through the worst of Covid-19. However he said Ireland has a huge challenge in now ensuring a new swathe of talent can be utilised to face the next great crisis.