University of Limerick shelves plan to build veterinary school

Higher Education Authority advised that UL application is to be withdrawn for reasons including the 'current pause on capital expenditure and the circumstances the university finds itself in'

University of Limerick's facility would have been just the second veterinary school in the country. Picture: Dan Linehan

The University of Limerick has cancelled its application to build a multi-million euro veterinary school, due to “the circumstances the university finds itself in”.

UL’s acting chief officer provost Shane Kilcommins has written to the university’s staff to announce that he has advised the Higher Education Authority “to withdraw UL’s expression of interest” in building the new veterinary medicine school.