Education
UL to use Dunnes site without ‘substantial addition’ to building in new plan for €8m city campus
University president asks staff for ideas for site as doubts persist over college’s ambition to educate 4,000 students at landmark campus in Limerick city centre
The University of Limerick (UL) has told staff that the development of its landmark city campus is to proceed without any “substantial” physical expansion of the building it is housed in, which was derelict for 15 years until earlier this year.
The news comes as doubts persist over the university’s plans for the campus following the failure of its application to the government for an €87 million state grant to develop the former Dunnes Stores ...