University project will facilitate world-class research

CORK Chamber is disappointed that the Irish Examiner of October 10 focussed on ‘reported’ funding issues for the new ICT building planned for UCC.

The real issues here are the delays in getting Government support for the project initially, as well as the immediate need for and use of the building.

The site was bought in the late 1990s for approximately €3 million and now has a value in multiples of that. Full planning permission was obtained about five years ago for this major project, which will provide teaching and research facilities not just for information technology, but also mathematical sciences and biomedicine.