Government approves purchase of Waterford Crystal site for student housing

The South East Technological University will now sign final contracts to buy 20.3 acres of the 37-acre site

Minister for Further and Higher Education Simon Harris with Professor Veronica Campbell, president of SETU, at the campus in Waterford.

The Waterford Crystal site is to become student housing for the South East Technological University (SETU), after Higher Education Minister Simon Harris granted approval for the move.

SETU will now sign final contracts to purchase 20.3 acres of the 37-acre Waterford Crystal site.