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BREAKING: University status granted for Limerick college
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THE Limerick Institute of Technology (LIT) has received a huge boost this morning after it emerged it was being granted university status.
The college, which has campuses across the region, has formally been given the distinction of Technical University alongside its new partner Athlone IT. The pair become the third colleges in Ireland to be given this status, in what is seen as being a milestone for both the Mid-West and the Midlands.
Newly re-elected Senator Maria Byrne, a former member of the LIT governing authority for 15 years said: “I am very much looking forward to this new TU bringing those benefits from Clare and Limerick, through Tipperary and up the Shannon across the Midlands to Athlone and beyond. This will allow people across the Midlands and Mid-West and beyond through digital connectivity to obtain a university degree in their home places. I am delighted to see this mile