Patrick O Shea
20 results

Forum hears of need to bolster post-Brexit UK-Ireland research
- Education
- May 11, 2018, 21:12
Establishing a major research fund jointly supported by the UK and Ireland and a new North-South research centre have been proposed to strengthen coll(...)

Is Cork still the best place to survive the apocalypse?
- TV, Radio, Web
- November 18, 2017, 05:00
In January 1962, the cover of Esquire magazine trailed a feature on the influence of then US president John F Kennedy on men’s fashion, including his (...)

Varadkar attacks Labour’s ‘points-scoring’ over communications unit
- Politics
- October 13, 2017, 18:47
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has dismissed a decision by Labour leader Brendan Howlin to write to the Standards in Public Office Commission (Sipo) about the(...)

UCC plans €350m investment to increase campus space by 20%
- Construction
- September 26, 2017, 06:15
University College Cork (UCC) hopes to expand its campus space by 20 per cent in the next five years as part of a €350 million investment programme. (...)

Brexit and higher education: ‘The interest in Ireland is amazing’
- Education
- August 2, 2017, 01:00
While most university presidents smoulder over Government cuts to funding and serious threats to quality of education, University College’s Cork’s new(...)

Brexit sparks surge in foreign applicants for Irish universities
- Education
- August 2, 2017, 01:00
Irish universities have recorded a surge in applications from international students which academics say is linked to uncertainty over Brexit and the (...)

Universities accused of ‘misleading’ Dáil committee over financial affairs
- Education
- June 22, 2017, 17:40
University officials have been accused of misleading an Oireachtas committee over the way they run their financial affairs. Senior officials from col(...)

Universities need to be creative to survive, says new UCC president
- Irish News
- February 1, 2017, 17:09
Irish universities must find new ways of generating revenue to sustain themselves in the future, the new president of University College Cork, Prof P(...)

Anglo trial: Three ex-bankers jailed over €7bn fraud
- Financial Services
- July 29, 2016, 07:54
Three former bankers have been handed prison sentences for their roles in a €7 billion fraud. Former Anglo Irish Bank executive Willie McAteer has b(...)

UCC physics graduate named university’s next president
- Education
- June 14, 2016, 11:41
UCC physics graduate Professor Patrick O’Shea has been appointed president of his alma mater with effect from February 1st 2017. Prof O’Shea is curre(...)