Application for technological university for south-east to proceed

Delays were expected after academic staff at WIT voted against terms for the merger. Picture Denis Scannell

The application for the proposed merger of Waterford Institute of Technology and IT Carlow will go ahead this week as originally planned, a meeting involving college management heard on Monday morning.

Although delays were expected after academic staff at WIT voted against terms for the merger, it is understood that the consortium driving the technological university (TU) project will press ahead and submit the formal application by Friday.