Tipperary Mid West Radio Image by Free-Photos from Pixabay The Minister for Further & Higher Education, Simon Harris, has today granted Technological University designate status to Athlone & Limerick Institutes of Technology. This is the third Technological University to be created since 2019, and is a milestone for the Midlands & Mid-West. The move will also include the two LIT campuses in Tipperary – Thurles and Clonmel. The process to designate a new Technological University is enshrined in the Technological Universities Act 2018. The next steps in the process require the Minister to bring forward a draft order establishing the appointed day in which he new status will be legally established, and Athlone and Limerick ITs consequentially dissolved for approval by the Oireachtas