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“Joined forces” is the key phrase here … working together we are a formidable force, united in purpose to serve the needs of our unique region and beyond - Happy Birthday ATU!
@atu_ie
🎂
🎈 Two years ago today, GMIT, IT Sligo, and LYIT joined forces to form Atlantic Technological University (ATU). Minister
@SimonHarrisTD
launched this visionary endeavor, paving the way for a new era in higher education. Here's to many more years of success and impact!
@OFlynnATU
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A huge privilege to be appointed inaugural President of Atlantic Technological University. I look forward to working with the entire university community to serve the needs of the region. Thanks to all who have worked so hard to bring us to this point - go raibh maith agaibh!
Minister Harris announces Dr Orla Flynn as president of Atlantic Technological University. “I am delighted to designate Dr Flynn as the inaugural president of the new TU serving the West and North West."
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A great honour to be joining the vibrant team
@GMITOfficial
- looking forward to my westward journey in the new year!
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On my last day in
@CIT_ie
after 33 years 🙏🏻 wishing Michael and
@CIT_ie
every success in the years ahead along with
@MTU_ie
partners
@ittralee
💪🏻
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There are more students on-site in
@GMITOfficial
today than at any time since I started almost 23 months ago. The buzz in the corridors is palpable and it feels great! 🤗
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Exciting news today on our hard-earned designation - thank you Minister
@SimonHarrisTD
and all
@hea_irl
for the support, and a big well done to all staff and students who worked so well together to achieve this!! 🙌
#GMITnews
CUA Presidents welcome Ministerial approval for TU designation. GMIT, LYIT, and IT Sligo are on course to become a TU for the west and north-west in early 2022. See
#WorkingTogether
#TU
#GMIT
#LYIT
#ITSLIGO
#TechnologicalUniversity
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Privilege to have been elected this evening to the Council of
@GalwayChamber
- this body is a key mobiliser for development in the region, and am looking forward to working hard with
@KennethDeery
and other members 🙏🏻
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A magnificent morning in
@GMITOfficial
- wonderful to have joined this dedicated team who are utterly committed to the national cause
#IrelandVsCOVID
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We're truly delighted to receive this wonderful news - thank you to the entire
@CIT_ie
community who contributed, and to our external supporters as well!
@THEA_Irl
@AdvanceHE
#AthenaSWANCIT
@mitchelloconnor
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Beautiful morning here
@ATUDonegal_
for our first ever graduation ceremony
@atu_ie
🙌🏻 Delighted our Chair is with us on this historic day!!
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A new dawn on this beautiful morning as
@ATUStAngelas
joins our
@atu_ie
family 🙌🏻 Formal welcome next Monday but today is the day - fáilte ó chroí roimh chách agus buíochas mór leis an ordú Ursuline 🤗
@DeptofFHed
@hea_irl
@SimonHarrisTD
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Absolutely amazing landscape in the
@atu_ie
west/northwest region of Ireland! Visited Glencar waterfall today in Co Leitrim 🙌🏻
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Fantastic welcome to
@LYIT
Killybegs campus today - my first visit! - terrific ambition in a spectacular part of Ireland 🙏🏻
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Welcome to
#AtlanticTU
- One University for our Unique Region
@atu_ie
🥰
'Atlantic' conveys power, strength, creation, vast horizons - distinctive geography, rich history and shared heritage. 🌊
The future is here.
@GMITOfficial
,
@LYIT
,
@itsligo
,
@OFlynnATU
,
@SimonHarrisTD
,
@hea_irl
,
@THEA_Irl
#AtlanticTU
#ATU
#HereisATU
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Made it through 😊 Slept like a log for last few hours 😴 despite 🌧 and 💨 (so did
@RAOfficer
) Thanks to all our
@GMITOfficial
community for the support throughout🙏🏻🙏🏻
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Thrilled for everyone in
@CIT_ie
to have won Best Large Business award
#CBABusinessAwards
- Thank you so much
@CBA_cork
!!!
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Congratulations to the entire
@GMITOfficial
community - staff, students and alumni, whose commitment and dedication is acknowledged in this recognition by
@SunTimesIreland
#InstituteOfTheYear
👏🏻🙌🏻 🌟
🚨 Breaking News 🚨 GMIT has been awarded 'Institute of Technology of the Year' by The
Sunday Times Good University Guide today.
This recognition highlights the huge commitment of all our staff who consistently strive for
excellence in all areas. See
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At the end of a dark week in Irish society, many women, possibly
#AllWomen
, now look over their shoulders more often, walk that bit faster, and think twice about everyday activities. Condolences to all who loved
#AislingMurphy
, and thinking of the many many more like her 🙏🏻
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Will we kill each other before we get to
@CrokePark
#BigQuestion
??? 🤣🤣
#UpTheDeise
@deisecamogie
@CorkCamogie
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Thank you to my wonderful colleagues
@atu_ie
Connemara Campus
@GMITLetterfrack
for the desk plate 🤗 Made from ripple sycamore and beautifully finished 🙏🏻
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Today was a day for planting spring bulbs, always for me an act of faith, hope and optimism 🤗 🌷 🌼
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Bittersweet! Our last ever
@GMITOfficial
graduation ceremony before we become the Atlantic Technological University, at the magnificent
@tfroyalhotel
in Castlebar 🙌🏻
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Thank you to the many staff and students
@GMITOfficial
@itsligo
and
@LYIT
who have been collaborating closely over recent years to drive this development for our region - thank you Minister
@SimonHarrisTD
for all the support!
Massive & historic day for the west and north west of our country with an application being submitted to me to create a new Technological University for the west and north west to our country. Great news & a huge amount of work by many to get here
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A truly great day as
@ATUStAngelas
joins our
@atu_ie
family 🙌🏻 Thanks to Minister
@SimonHarrisTD
and all
@DeptofFHed
for the support along the way. Most of all, thank you to the Ursulines for their generosity and their extraordinary legacy in the North West 🙏🏻
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We are absolutely delighted with this news
#GMITAthenaSWAN
@GMITOfficial
- but the really hard work only starts now! Congrats also to
#CUAlliance
partners
@itsligo
and
@LYIT
👏
We have BIG NEWS
@GMIT_Official
Delighted to announce that we have achieved
@Athena_SWAN
Bronze Institution Award in recognition of our commitment to gender equality and an inclusive environment. Congrats also to our
#CUA
partners
@ITSligo
@LYIT
👏
@hea_irl
@THEA_Irl
@DeptofFHed
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Best wishes on this historic day to all my former colleagues
@MTU_Cork
@MTU_Kerry
- a brilliant future
#BetterTogether
as
@MTU_ie
!!
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The problem with coming to
@GMITLetterfrack
campus is that the scenery is so darn distracting! 😍
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Woo hooo!! Great team effort! Congrats to all in
@CIT_ie
who contributed to winning the
@asiamatters_biz
HEI Partnership of the Year for building deep relationship with Danang University of Economics!!!
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Hearty congratulations to our
@atu_ie
colleagues who led on our veterinary, pharmacy and nursing bids. Our success is a huge boost for the NW region!
Third-level expansion plan to boost supply of doctors, nurses, vets and dentists
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Wearing purple today to raise awareness for domestic violence services in Ireland - a joint initiative between
@gardainfo
and support services across the country
#GoPurple
@atu_ie
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The
@atu_ie
team received a warm welcome today in Derry! Delighted to meet
@Derry_Chamber
@CatalystNI_
@UlsterUni
@mynwrc
and looking forward to deepening relations in the months ahead! 🙌🏻
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@GMITOfficial
Dublin Rd campus looking glorious today - big welcome for pollinators!
#biodiversity
🐝
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#GMITnews
Contact Tracing Centres established in GMIT, in partnership with the HSE
#IrelandVsCOVID
#COVIDHigherEducation
See
@HSELive
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Brilliant day today at our two
#Donegal
campuses as we welcomed Minister
@SimonHarrisTD
@DeptofFHed
for an action-packed visit. Delighted with the regional funding announcement and also warm welcome to
@HSELive
and
@UlsterUni
partners for MOU signings 🙌🏻
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Chaired my last
@CITAthenaSWAN
meeting yesterday
@CIT_ie
- what a committed team with big things on the horizon 💪🏻 and what a lovely sendoff - thank you!! 😉 🦢
#AthenaSWANCIT
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What else would you be doing in the wonderful west on a sunny Saturday 😎
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Signs of life at 46 Grand Parade - great to see
@CIT_Crawford
up and running in
@corkcitycentre
!!
#NoFilterNeeded
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Thank you to all
@MaynoothUni
for hosting this wonderful event today, and especially President Eva Leinonen for the warm welcome!! So glad Minister
@SimonHarrisTD
could join us too.
The first female Presidents from 6 Irish universities will meet at a panel in
@MaynoothUni
tomorrow to discuss topics like their personal journeys, gender equality in higher ed & more.
Register to join online:
🗓️Monday 6th March 10.30am
#IWD23
#HigherEd
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A pleasure and privilege today to welcome our
#CUAlliance
partners
@itsligo
and
@LYIT
to our
@GMITOfficial
Academic Council meeting. Great work underway and looking forward to continuing the TU journey together!
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All aboard bright and early for
@ntutorr
🚂 Big contingent coming from the West from
@atu_ie
@hea_irl
@CrokePark
🙌🏻
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@echolivecork
As the person with responsibility for much of this expenditure in CIT I want to add some context which was inexplicably missing from this article! Research and internationalisation are two key drivers of staff travel.
@echolivecork
readers will want to know more. /1
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What a warm welcome this morning from colleagues
@UlsterUni
#Belfast
campus and what a wonderful community being built on their spectacular new site 🙌🏻
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Technological universities are not a ‘mistake’, they’re a milestone in 21st-century higher education
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Welcome
@SimonHarrisTD
to this new ministry -
@GMITOfficial
looking forward to working with you in the years ahead 🙏🏻
I wish my successor
@DonnellyStephen
every good wish. And I am excited about my new role creating a brand new Department of Higher Education, Innovation & Research. So much to do it and I approach it with enthusiasm and energy
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#COPEGalwaySleepout
The clan is gathering 🙌🏻 and the evening is not too bad 😁come along and support a great cause
@COPEGalway
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An historic occasion again this week to have @
@ATUStAngelas
joining our
@atu_ie
graduation ceremony in Sligo!!
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Many more women leading artistic and cultural transformation in
#Cork
, including the Heads of
@CITCSM
and
@CIT_Crawford
,
@corkcitycouncil
Arts Officer, new Director of
@NsfIreland
, Director of
@glucksman
, artistic Director
@EverymanCork
and Director
@CorkMidsummer
-
@IrishTimes
'The women transforming Cork into a city of art and culture'
looking forward to hearing more on the importance of arts & culture to
Cork’s offering at our Business Breakfast tomorrow morning!
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Well done to
@muireannhickey
and Kevin Hayes - our magnificent
@CIT_ie
#StrydeTech
team - who won best presentation, delegates choice award and OVERALL GOLD MEDAL at the global student innovation awards in Canberra!!
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Delighted to welcome An Taoiseach
@MichealMartinTD
and
@lichamber
to
@ATU_Mayo
today 🙌🏻 Saw the swifts, climbed the wall, discussed early childhood provision and engaged with Trevor 😁 Thanks
@justinkerr123
for the tour, Caoimhe
@ATUSUGalwayMayo
and all our students and staff!
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Gorgeous morning
@atusligo_ie
- wonderful to see our Salmon of Knowledge returning reinvigorated and stronger than ever 🐟
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Very significant words this morning
@WITSIreland
#HerSTEMSkills
from Minister
@SimonHarrisTD
pointing to key drivers for enabling women in STEM. Glad to be joined on this forum by
@GMITOfficial
colleagues
@Duigzzz
@Butler__Valerie
and
@GMIT_EDI
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Getting ready for the last day of
@atu_ie
graduations here
@TheGalmont
- phenomenal team work over the last fourteen sessions - looking forward to a super day again today with our brilliant new graduates and their families!
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Congratulations to all
@MTU_ie
on the
#MTURaiseTheFlag
ceremonies today in both Cork and Kerry!! Wonderfully inclusive event 👏🏻
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Welcoming the hard-working
@PaulaCogan1
in as new President of
@CorkChamber
at the 200th AGM! Good luck over the next two years Paula!!
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Colleagues from
@atu_ie
participating in the
#AtlanticFutures
project launch today
@dcsdcouncil
#Guildhall
🙌🏻
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Wonderful welcome to
@atu_ie
Mayo campus on this Spring morning full of promise! Thanks
@AoibheannNiD
for the gift 😍 It will be put to great use!
#AtlanticTU
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Brilliant news for
@atu_ie
and all our stakeholders! Well done
@DavidMintonDire
and all at the Northern and Western Regional Assembly!!
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Connections with industry and business are so important for the Technological Universities. Lovely to meet
@SETU_President
Prof Campbell
@ibec_irl
President’s dinner. Best wishes to incoming IBEC President Imelda Hurley
@coilltenews
🙌🏻
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As mentioned in the
@MazarsIreland
#covidhighered
webinar last Friday,
@THEA_Irl
libraries are playing a blinder at the moment, with outstanding remote support for staff and students 👏🏻
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Celebrating the launch of two Postgraduate Research Training Programmes
@atu_ie
today, and delighted to welcome
@PhilipNolan_SFI
@scienceirel
to mark the occasion 🙌🏻
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Delighted to welcome Minister
@SimonHarrisTD
and the teams from
@DeptofFHed
and
@hea_irl
and to thank them most sincerely for this very welcome announcement today!! Great news for
@atu_ie
and especially
@ATU_GalwayCity
🙌🏻
Great news for Galway and
@atu_ie
today!
I have announced the go ahead for a major new project: the Future Living Lab and digital suite in ATU’s Galway campus.
This is a a 4,100 sq. meter building to develop digitally enhanced classrooms and enable online blended learning. 👨🏫💻
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Celebrating rainbow road 🌈 unveiling
@atusligo_ie
- coming soon to an
@atu_ie
campus near you!!
#AURA
#pridewalk
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Lovely to welcome
@MTU_ie
colleague
@TomFarrelly
to our
@atu_ie
graduation ceremony today 🙌🏻
#ProudDad
😀
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A bit of an adventure today holding the first
@GMITOfficial
all-staff meeting using
@MicrosoftTeams
#LiveEvent
- first of many hopefully! The
@Slidoapp
word cloud gave interesting feedback on how people viewed the last 9 months! Thanks colleagues for all the support throughout🙏
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Glad to welcome our incoming Students’ Union team
@GMITSU
- earlier today at our
@GMITOfficial
all-staff meeting; well done and looking forward to the interactions ahead!
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A lot going on
@atu_ie
today! Opening of
@CREWDigital1
and launch of
#ATUGlobal
- great to see our University community coming together to share in our collective ambition for the wider region and beyond 🙌🏻
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Happy
#Diwali
🙌🏻 Wonderful celebrations with the Indian community from across
@atu_ie
sharing culture, music and dance from India! Delighted to welcome everyone to
@ATUDonegal_
and thanks to our students and staff for all the organisation 🕯️ 🎉🎊
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Thinking of all our grieving
@atu_ie
Sligo community during this very difficult week 🙏🏻
Sligo Pride invite you to join our vigil at 6pm on Friday the 15th of April at 6pm outside the Town Hall.
Our hearts are with the grieving friends and families 💖
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After such a positive day
@ATUDonegal_
today
#NWTEC
our thoughts are with the people of Donegal this evening 🙏🏻
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Fantastic spirit and sense of optimism at Galway vaccination centre this morning 💪🏻 Brilliant staff, every one of them cheerful heading into a 12-hour day. Thank you
@HSELive
🙏🏻
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Proud of leadership and commitment shown by so many colleagues
@GMITOfficial
during
#IrelandVsCOVID
- story from our Engineering School shared by Katherine Donnelly
@Independent_ie
today:
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Another unreal day
@atu_ie
launch week in ATU Donegal Letterkenny - terrific buzz this afternoon at health and well-being expo!
#AtlanticTU
#thefutureishere
#WeAreATU
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Last breakfast yesterday
@ClaytonCork
for two
@CorkChamber
“alumni” - best wishes to
@ST_Foley
heading to new role in
@GasNetIrl
and thanks for the send off President
@PaulaCogan1
😊
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Wonderful to have colleagues attending
#AleenCust
#FirstFemaleVet
conference from across
@atu_ie
including Galway, Mayo, Sligo, Donegal and of course
@ATU_Mountbellew
🙌🏻
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First time ever departing from the lovely
@Irelandwest
and won’t be the last! Hugely important piece of infrastructure for the northwest of Ireland 🙌🏻
Seamless business travel with
@Ryanair
for
@GalwayChamber
from
@Irelandwest
to the UK with
@OFlynnATU
- also a little jealous of those heading to Palma, Malaga and Milan.
Lots of chatter about the Biennale in Venice, all from the ❤️ of the West!!! Congrats
@joegilmore5
& team!
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My bees are just delighted with the ceanothus on this beautiful morning 🐝 😊
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Such a joyful atmosphere here in Ramelton to celebrate the unveiling of the
#WilliamCampbell
statue
#NobelPrize
#Donegal
@atu_ie
@ATUDonegal_
🙌🏻
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Thanks to
@ATU_GalwayHotel
colleagues and students for the welcome and service today as
@atu_ie
welcomed presidents and chairs of all the TU’s. Beautiful dessert from
@ReidmaryMary
and nice touch at the end from
@UlrichHoeche
#foraging
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Delighted that Minister
@SimonHarrisTD
could join with our Governing Body
@atu_ie
today and to hear of our ambitious plans for the future - with very welcome infrastructure announcements too!!
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Delighted that
@GMITOfficial
is one of the three host institutions for
#SURE20
along with
@CIT_ie
@WeAreTUDublin
- Science is more important now than ever! Thank you Minister
@SimonHarrisTD
for welcoming us!
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