A Cork North Central TD has called for the establishment of a cross-border technological University in the North-West region.
Cork Deputy Colm Burke says that such a university would symbolise the importance of North-South co-operation, and said that it could be a gateway for students from both North and South to experience different regions within the island of Ireland through link-ups with southern unis like University College Cork.
He says his interest in the North-West and cross-border co-operation stems from when during his time as Lord Mayor of Cork in 2004, the city awarded the late John Hume the freedom of the City – and proposes that any North-West technological university be named in Hume’s honour…
