O’Keeffe moves to dissolve the NUI [Independent.ie]
- Published: 20 January 2010
The Minister for Education and Science, Batt O’Keeffe, is to dissolve the National University of Ireland (NUI).
Minister O’Keeffe acknowledged the important role the NUI has played in Irish education for more than a century.
‘However, the central role of the NUI was significantly reduced in the Universities Act, 1997, and the need to have a separate body undertaking what is now a limited set of functions has been outlived.
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