The Chronicle: In Education Minister’s ‘Bolt Out of the Blue,’ National U. of Ireland Faces Extinction
The National University of Ireland, a century-old federal institution that comprises some of the country’s leading universities and colleges, including University College Dublin, is facing dissolution. Ireland’s education minister, Batt O’Keeffe, announced the move on Wednesday, saying that the umbrella institution had outlived its usefulness and that “the need to have a separate body undertaking what is now a limited set of functions” no longer exists.
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