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New beginnings as name of technological university with two Limerick campuses is revealed
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THE Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science has confirmed the name of Ireland’s newest TU as the Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest.
The new institution, which will be formally established later this year, will be an amalgamation of Limerick Institute of Technology and Athlone Institute of Technology.
It will comprise a student population of more than 14,000 and a staff complement of approximately 1,200 people across six campuses in Limerick, Athlone, Clonmel, Ennis and Thurles.
TÚS, in Irish, denotes a beginning or start for the new university while the inclusion of the Midlands and Midwest in the name represents the principal regions, whose geography and provenance are linked by the River Shannon.