'Cutting edge' technological development in Limerick Reporter: nick@limerickleader.ie Former University of Limerick president Dr Des Fitzgerald with Prof Conor McCarthy of UL, Confirm director at the opening of the facility in 2019 | PICTURE: ALAN PLACE '); '); A NEW smart manufacturing solution, described as “cutting edge” has been launched at the University of Limerick this morning. Confirm, the world-leading Science Foundation Ireland research centre has today announced the successful deployment of its future wireless innovation test-bed. Located at the Confirm Centre for Smart Manufacturing, headquartered within the University of Limerick’s digital district at Park Point in the Dublin Road, the new test-bed was designed and deployed under the leadership of Dr Eoin O’Connell, a funded investigator in the firm.