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“A former Kilkenny mayor has maintained that we should keep inter-county rivalry for Croke Park – and not let it ‘divide’ the region when it comes to the location of a headquarters for the new Technical University of the South East (TUSEI). Paul Cuddihy, who was a FG councillor for Kilkenny, said Waterford sometimes portrays itself as ‘Cinderella’ in terms of not getting what it wants but the narrative of ‘always the bridesmaid and never the bride’ is not helpful …” (more) [Jennifer Long,
The university row erupted after a long-running boundary dispute between Kilkenny and Waterford continues to fester. Junior Health Minister Mary Butler, a Waterford-based TD, said Higher Education Minister Simon Harris had assured her that proposals of a Kilkenny base for TUSEI were "mischievous" and nothing more than "kite-flying." She said an application for the merger of WIT and ITC must be tabled by the end of April. "Huge work is being done on the TUSEI project at the moment in terms of engagement with unions, advisory groups and politicians with a shared objective of having a university of international standing in the southeast,” she told WLRFM.