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Professor Gary O'Brien, Professor Eugene Wall, Minister Patrick O'Donovan, Professor Niamh Hourigan and Mr Michael Keane.
Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (FHERIS), Patrick O’Donovan TD, made his first official visit to a Higher Education Institution since becoming Minister with responsibility for the sector when he visited Mary Immaculate College (MIC) on Monday 22 April.
Minister O’Donovan, who is an MIC graduate, met with the College’s Senior Management where he discussed student accommodation in Limerick, MIC’s position in the Higher Education landscape and he commended MIC for its high standard of teaching and learning and its contribution to the education landscape.
The Minister then met separately with President of the Mary Immaculate Students’ Union (MISU), Cillian Callaghan, where he discussed student mental health, supports for students undertaking Gaeltacht placements and the impact of the cost of living on students.
The Minister, who is from Newcastle West, has been a TD since 2011 and has previously held Minister of State positions in the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media; Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform; Department of Finance; and Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport.
He was elected a Councillor for Limerick County Council in 2003 and was a Councillor when he graduated from MIC in 2009.
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