“The first president of the Munster Technological University has finally been able to visit the Kerry campus. Professor Maggie Cusack is just the second ever female president of an Irish university and her arrival in Ireland from Scotland was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic …” (more)
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Happy 23rd birthday our beautiful boy , mother tells funeral of Cork student who died in cliff fall
Maura King wished her only son Conor a happy birthday during an emotional tribute from the altar at his funeral Mass in Cork on Wednesday morning The coffin is shouldered after Requiem Mass for the Munster Technology University student Conor King at St. Patrick s Church, Cork. Conor lost his life in an accident at Garrettstown, Cork last weekend.
Wed, 28 Apr, 2021 - 19:12
Eoin English
The young man who died in a cliff tragedy in West Cork last weekend packed 100 years of experience into his short life, his heartbroken mother said as he was buried on his 23rd birthday.
MTU to support entrepreneurs through €3.5m New Frontiers programme
Apr 27, 2021 13:04
By radiokerrynews
Photoshoot MTU Tralee - 23.4.21 Pictured at the Launch of the announcment of €3.5m funding by Enterprise Ireland for New Frontiers Delivered by MTU are Pictured are Emily Reen - New Frontiers Programme Manager MTU Kerry Campus, Daniel Barrett - Global Head of Sales Wazp & MTU Graduate, Maria Panuli - Global Head of Marketing Wazp & MTU Graduate.
Funded by Enterprise Ireland, Munster Technological University (MTU) will spend €3.5m over the next five years on the New Frontiers Programme to support hundreds of entrepreneurs and to deliver 75 new companies in the South West Region. This is a substantial injection of funding for the New Frontiers programme and is a recognition of its broad reach across the South West with delivery being available on both MTU campuses, The Tom Crean Business Centre in Tralee, and The Rubicon Centre in Cork.
Will a woman provost of Trinity College Dublin make any difference? Structure and culture of universities are effectively designed by men for men
about 3 hours ago Pat O Connor
Trinity College Dublin’s first female provost Prof Linda Doyle: Men are likely to produce more publications and have higher citations and more research funding – partly because they are men in male-dominated institutions. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw
After 429 years, the male dominance of the leadership of Irish universities has been shattered with the election of Linda Doyle as provost of Trinity College. Women now head up four of the 10 universities, or 40 per cent. It is a striking figure when compared with the European average of 14 per cent. This will help break the equation between masculinity and power and it is symbolically important. But will it make a difference?