Waterford Institute of Technology

The year 2020 will probably be remembered as the year of the dreadful Covid-19 virus, but it should also be remembered as a year of significant triump(...)

One of the most remarkable features of life during the pandemic has been how amazingly normal it has been. All of those things we take for granted in (...)

Now in their sixth year, the US-Ireland Research Innovation Awards recognise excellence in research innovation, creation and invention by an organisat(...)

Hundreds of secondary school teachers will be able to apply for free third-level upskilling courses which will qualify them to teach maths, physics an(...)

While third level campuses have been closed down and the public cannot gather in any significant numbers for the foreseeable future, third-level insti(...)

Open days have always been a feature of choosing a course, but the threat of Covid-19 has effectively closed campuses to visitors, with third levels m(...)

It’s hard to believe that it’s only seven months since the novel coronavirus which causes Covid-19 first emerged. Quite apart from the tragic statisti(...)

There have been blips, but Waterford still has the lowest cumulative incidence of the virus, and just 1% of all cases. Does it hold lessons for the(...)

I have a weakness for off-the-cuff political wit. A master, of course, was Winston Churchill. For instance, when an MP blurted angrily, “Mr Churchill,(...)

Running a pub since the Covid-19 restrictions lifted two weeks ago is “is like being a schoolteacher”, says Jim Gordon, the owner of Revolution Bar in(...)