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Harris: Kilkenny HQ claim was misinformation, disinformation and downright nonsense

Waterford, Ireland / WLR Feb 24, 2021 3:47 PM The Minister for Higher Education has again quashed rumours about the headquarters of the new Technological University of the South East. There has been speculation that the HQ would be located in Kilkenny since the inaugural meeting of the Regional Engagement Advisory Group in January. However, Simon Harris says there is no truth to the rumours. He was responding to questions from Waterford’s Marc Ó Cathasaigh and David Cullinane in an Oireachtas Committee. “There was Misinformation, disinformation, and downright nonsense put out around Kilkenny. Over and over again no matter how many times I called it that, some people continued to go with that.

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A campus in Wexford is among the options being explored by the advisory group overseeing the plan. The concern surrounding money being allocated to the university has been highlighted by Dr Ray Griffin, a lecturer in Strategy at Waterford Institute of Technology School of Business teaching on WIT s MBA and DBA programmes. The Presidents of Institute of Technology Carlow (IT Carlow) and Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) co-chaired the inaugural meeting of the TUSEI Regional Engagement Advisory Group in late January. The group has been established by the presidents to support the development of the Technological University of South East Ireland (TUSEI).

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