Data Hundreds of students have personal emails exposed in data breach at University of LimerickUL has notified the Data Protection Commission about the issue and apologised to impacted students
Property UL says former official may seek injunction if it releases report on €8m site purchaseThe University of Limerick has refused for months to release the contents of the KPMG report into its acquisition of the former Dunnes site in the city centre in 2019
Higher Education Top university tells staff to ‘strongly recommend’ mask-wearing amid concern over future Covid surgeTrinity said Covid was likely to ‘continue to interrupt our plans for normal functioning in the coming months’, with several other universities also preparing contingency plans if cases rise
Education Cost of new student centre at University of Limerick rises €10m due to ‘hyperinflation’Completion of the new 3,529 sq m building has been delayed by four years due to Covid and rising costs
Education UL to use Dunnes site without ‘substantial addition’ to building in new plan for €8m city campusUniversity 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
Politics Spending watchdog seeks powers to compel Limerick university to show key report on €8m site purchasePublic Accounts Committee said it needed ‘power of direction’ set down in legislation to force UL to release the tightly held KPMG report
Education State lifts €3.7m funding penalties on University of LimerickKerstin 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’
education Key report into UL’s Dunnes site purchase took eight months longer than planned KPMG’s investigation into UL’s acquisition of the €8m site was due to be completed in under a month but took far longer, causing delays to scrutiny of the deal
education Doubts over University of Limerick’s new city centre campus due to funding shortfallNew documents seen by the Business Post show the government was warned just 300 students could be educated at the former Dunnes site instead of the planned 4,000 without an €87m government grant
University of Limerick says legal action by former top official blocking publication of report into €8m site purchase High Court action by former chief operating officer means the university will not share important KPMG report with Dáil’s spending watchdog
University of Limerick got legal threat over report into €8m site purchaseUniversity says it is unable to publish KPMG report into acquisition of Dunnes site until threat is ‘reviewed’
State withheld capital grant from Limerick university amid concerns over €8m site purchaseDepartment paused payment of €2.5m grant to UL after it was heavily scrutinised for the acquisition of a former Dunnes Stores site in 2019
