Fine Gael to vote on proposal for cross-border university in honour of late John Hume

Former SDLP leader and MEP John Hume died on August 3 and has been hailed as "the father of the Northern Ireland peace process."

Fine Gael TDs will vote at their parliamentary party meeting on a cross-border university in honour of the late John Hume.

North Cork TD Colm Burke has proposed the motion which states: "In line with government thinking on a Shared Island, it would be a fitting memorial to his life if the Irish Government, the Northern Ireland Executive and the British Government agreed to the establishment of a full cross–border university serving the North-Western region of the island called The John Hume Memorial University."