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Universities

Housing

State to pay €40m to help DCU build over 400 ‘unviable’ student beds

The strategy marks the first time the state has provided direct financial support in the construction of student accommodation amid surging inflation
  • Donal MacNamee
  • March 7, 2023
Higher Education

Universities warn taxpayer funding needed to plug gap left by ‘golden visa’ scheme

Trinity College Dublin has taken in at least €17 million from wealthy overseas investors since 2018 to fund capital projects
  • Donal MacNamee
  • February 17, 2023
Morning Headlines

Donnelly wrote to HSE in summer on overcrowding; State pays more to build homes than EU neighbours

The stories you need to read this morning in business, politics and current affairs
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  • January 8, 2023
Pensions

Universities given €139m pensions bailout as retirees live longer

Emergency injection of state funds was approved by the Dáil last month and brought the total contribution to university pensions funds up to €224m
  • Michael Brennan
  • January 7, 2023
Education

Harris aims to halve third-level education fees

Minister says he wants to increase income thresholds so more students can benefit from the proposed cuts and increase grants
  • Daniel Murray
  • November 19, 2022
Education

State lifts €3.7m funding penalties on University of Limerick

Kerstin Mey, UL’s president, told staff in memo that the decision was a ‘clear signal that UL has turned a corner in terms of addressing historic governance shortcomings’
  • Donal MacNamee
  • July 21, 2022
education

Intellectual capital: Can the government afford to cut fees, increase grants and provide hundreds of millions more for third-level funding?

The government admitted last week that the third-level sector was underfunded to the tune of €307 million a year, and promised to rectify this over the next three budgets. But where will the money come from?
  • Michael Brennan
  • May 8, 2022

Former chief operating officer takes High Court case against University of Limerick

Report into dispute which relates to purchase of former Dunnes Stores site is held up by legal proceedings
  • Barry J Whyte
  • March 27, 2022

Universities say state funding a ‘fraction’ of what’s required to tackle investment gap

Universities association says government’s funding plans have done little to address the underlying core funding deficit in the sector
  • Donal MacNamee
  • February 21, 2022

State withheld capital grant from Limerick university amid concerns over €8m site purchase

Department paused payment of €2.5m grant to UL after it was heavily scrutinised for the acquisition of a former Dunnes Stores site in 2019
  • Donal MacNamee
  • December 15, 2021

John Walsh: Universities will fail without the reintroduction of fees

It’s painfully obvious that if the current funding model doesn’t change, then third-level institutions will remain starved of investment
  • John Walsh
  • September 5, 2021

Covid-19: Colleges lay groundwork for safe return of students to campus life

Ireland’s approach to reopening third-level education on campus is reportedly in step with most other countries, and our high rate of vaccination is a reason for confidence
  • Aaron Rogan
  • September 5, 2021

Ireland’s top two universities bought almost €50m of property in five years

Two new buildings for Trinity College Dublin accounted for the bulk of the spending since 2015
  • Donal MacNamee
  • June 16, 2021

Government to pilot rapid Covid testing in colleges as part of its reopening plan

Rapid antigen tests will be trialled in third-level settings as Leo Varadkar encourages businesses to consider them as part of their reopening plans
  • Daniel Murray
  • April 11, 2021

Trinity could survive without state funding, provost says

Outgoing head of college, which gets 40 per cent of its revenue from government, says independence and autonomy of universities must be maintained
  • Sarah Taaffe-Maguire
  • April 7, 2021

Careers app free to students raises more than €1m in funding

Exit Entry uses algorithms it has developed to match second and third-level students, and has partnered with IBM, Chartered Accountants Ireland and Eir
  • Killian Woods
  • January 31, 2021

Comment: Seismic shift needed in the relationship between Irish universities and enterprise

If third-level institutions focused more on the needs of their stakeholders, it could result in an innovation pipeline which works in both directions
  • Deirdre Lillis
  • January 8, 2021

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