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The €52m project has already brought leading international scientists on board [caption id="attachment_76510" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Bernal building at the University of Limerick. Photo: The Irish Times[/caption] By Barry McCall Launched in late 2013 the Bernal Project is an initiative of the University of Limerick which…

Dr. Mary Shire, Vice President Research UL and Professor Kieran Hodnett, Dean, Faculty of Science and Engineering UL welcome An Taoiseach, Enda Kenny, TD to the University of Limerick. Photo: Alan PlaceBy Ailish O'HoraThe University of Limerick is to benefit from a €52m investment in…

Bláithín Ní Chatháin, Historical researcher and oral historian, Atlantic Philanthropies Archival Project ‘Amplifying change: A history of the Atlantic Philanthropies on the island of Ireland’ is a collaborative project between the Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) based in Dublin and the Division of Rare and Manuscript…

By 2016 philanthropist Chuck Feeney will have given €1.5 billion to education projects in Ireland. A weighty new photographic book illustrates his generosity here and abroad. [caption id="attachment_53981" align="aligncenter" width="750"] Schoolchildren in Cape Town visit Robben Island; the island’s visitor centre is funded by Atlantic…

[caption id="attachment_83426" align="aligncenter" width="515"] UL President Professor Kerstin Mey and Dr Chuck Feeney's son, Patrick Feeney, with one of the signs on the Feeney Way[/caption] THE main thoroughfare on the University of Limerick campus has been renamed ‘Feeney Way’ to honour the ‘transformative impact’ philanthropist…