IADT to get €30 million digital building

The president of the the Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Dr Annie Doona, has called on the government to make a decision on the recommendations contained in the Cassells report on third-level funding

Dr Annie Doona Pic: Fergal Phillips

Student numbers atthe Institute of Art, Design and Technology(IADT) are to grow by 1,000 with the construction of a new €30 million digital building on its campus in south Dublin.

Funding has been approved for the project, which will be built under a public/private partnership arrangement and should be completed by 2021, according to the institute’s president, Dr Annie Doona.

In an interview in the Sunday Business Post, Doona called on the government ...