Limerick on the Rise: Diverse region developing a diverse talent pool

Diversification key to the huge strides made in the region, writes Education Correspondent Jess Casey

Robyn Stanley, Raheen, Co Limerick; Aoife Kiely, Feenagh, Co Limerick; and Michaela Fitzgerald,
Pallaskenry, Co Limerick, all recent graduates of the technological university. Picture: Arthur Ellis

Limerick has changed “immeasurably” since Professor Vincent Cunnane first moved here more than 30 years ago.

A native of Donegal, and the inaugural president of the region’s first Technological University, he has seen the city through good times and bad. One of the worst being the closure of the Dell manufacturing plant in 2009.