New university offers promising results for the south-west The collaboration between Cork and Kerry puts the region in a strong position to become an increasingly influential educational and industry hub Sponsored Article 31st January, 2021
The launch of Munster Technological University has ushered in a new era for Kerry, which is set to benefit from enhanced resources spanning education, research, innovation and entrepreneurship in 2021 and beyond.
Plans for the new university will be firmly aligned with the wider economic development of the south-west region, according to Maggie Cusack, President of Munster Technological University (MTU).
Bringing together Institute of Technology Tralee and Cork Institute of Technology, MTU is the first ever university to be established in Kerry and the first technological university of its kind outside Dublin.
A west-Sligo based artist has spoken about how lockdown created a painting which scooped a prestigious national award.
Waterford native Aidan Crotty, who has lived in Easkey for 15 years, was chosen as the winner of the Zurich Portrait Prize in December, with his entry Portrait of a Boy holding off stiff competition to take top spot.
Mr Crotty s entry was based on a portrait he painted of his eight-year-old son Rían during the course of three months in early 2020, as the first of the Covid-19 restrictions came into place. The reason I even started taking the portrait of my son was because even within the first week of the lockdown, me and my wife because she works in the arts sector as well, we were just receiving email after email of cancelled events and cancelled exhibitions and the whole lot just fell through, Mr Crotty explained to The Sligo Champion.
The scene is tranquil, the colours are stunning and we are left wanting just to be there I want to congratulate Jane and thank both Teagasc for organising this photography competition and my Department for its promotion of the many positive aspects of trees.
Dr Nuala Ni Fhlatharta, Head of the Teagasc Forestry Development Department said: Teagasc is delighted to have hosted this forest photo competition, which received well over 1,000 wonderful images from all age groups and from enthusiastic participants across the country. Congratulations to Jane and other category winners. The various categories were selected to highlight many important forest benefits and to create awareness of our forest resource across a wide audience.
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Rachel working on a painting of her three children on her father s farm in Co Cork.
As an art student finishing her degree, Rachel Burke’s final year project revolved around her home place - the family dairy farm in Newtownshandrum, Co Cork.
In the intervening years she has adopted a new farm and home place in Threecastles, Co Kilkenny, where she lives with her husband Ruairí Carroll and their three children.
“I’ve three boys, so they’ve made me a Kilkenny woman. Although my dad would hate to hear that,” Rachel adds dubiously.
I ask the defining question, who does she support in the hurling?