New university confirmed for west and north-west

Galway Mayo Institute Technology campus in Galway. It will now join the  Sligo, and Letterkenny Institutes of Technology to become the country's fourth Technological University.   Picture: Ray Ryan 

The establishment of the country's fourth Technological University (TU) has been announced.

Simon Harris, the Minister for Further and Higher Education, has announced a new TU for the West and North West.