Irish Examiner view: University a big boost for south-west

While the creation of MTU is welcome, focus should now shift to IT Carlow and Waterford Institute of Technology.

The creation of the Munster Technological University, merging Cork Institute of Technology and Institute of Technology Tralee is being rightly hailed as an important development for the South-west, both in educational terms and in the impact it is expected to have on the region’s economy.

The new MTU will come into effect on January 1, 2021, after a draft ministerial order has been approved by both the Oireachtas which will also see the dissolution of both Cork IT and IT Tralee.