Irish Examiner view: Let’s stay ahead of rising tides

National Maritime College is due to expand

Cormac Gebruers, head of college at the National Maritime College of Ireland. Picture: Dan Linehan

There are few enough societies where the benefits of universal access to education sing as loudly as this one. It is indeed the tide that can lift all boats so investment in the process must be cheered almost without reservation.

The announcement that the National Maritime College will need to expand is one such moment.