From the Munster Express
“The Government should acquire the Waterford Crystal site at Kilbarry to give WIT the space it needs to grow: that’s the view of outspoken WIT academic, Dr Ray Griffin.
As it currently stands, Dr Griffin suggested that acquiring the 36-acre Crystal site ‘would allow WIT to grow to the scale of UL in one location. From day one it would improve parking and would give the campus a further 50 years of capacity. The current site is a reminder to Waterford of a sad chapter in its history and a reminder of how forgotten we are by Government given that one of the most prestigious sites in the city, highly visible to passing traffic, has been effectively derelict for so long.'”
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