A former IT Sligo president and Donegal professor has been named as the first President of a new technological university.
Prof Vincent Cunnane has been named President of Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest by Minister Simon Harris.
He is the outgoing Limerick IT president and a native of Stranorlar in Co. Donegal.
The term is eight years in length with Professor Cunnane taking the position from the 1st of October, when the new University officially opens.
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The new technological university will be the third of it's kind in Ireland with Miinster Harris saying it will be a 'new powerhouse university, driving development and investment across the Midlands and Midwest regions.'
