User:rorynoonanDate:24/05/2013Time:08:33:42Edition:24/05/2013Frifriecho240513Page:1Color:
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FRIDAY, MAY 24, 2013
EDITION NO. 34,920
Serving Cork for 120 years
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Man, 80, dies in crash Gardaí investigate if car was driven wrong way down road GARDAÍ were today investigating if a car involved in a horror accident between Mitchelstown and Cahir was travelling in the wrong direction on the motorway. A man in his 80s was killed when the car he was driving was in collision with a lorry on the M8, outside
By ANN MURPHY Security Correspondent
Cahir at around 2am this morning. His body was removed from the scene to South Tipperary Hospital where a post-mortem examination was due to take place today. The driver of the lorry was un-
injured but was shocked after the incident. Fire crews from Mitchelstown and Cahir responded to the accident, along with gardaí and ambulance personnel. This morning, the Cork to Dublin road was closed southbound from J11 Cahir South to J12 Mitchelstown North as a result of the crash.
Gardaí carried out a forensics examination of the scene before the road reopened. Traffic was being diverted onto the old N8. Investigating Gardaí are appealing for witnesses to contact Cahir Garda Station on (052) 7445630, the Garda Confidential Line 1-800-666-111 or any garda station.
UCC aims to be Ireland’s top university within five years
UCC: Planning to be the number one university in the country, according to Dr Michael Murphy (inset), president of the college.
UCC aims to become Ireland’s top university within five years and to sustain its position in the top 2% of universities globally, it announced today. The college — which is currently ranked third in Ireland and in the top 200 worldwide based on the QS World University Subject Rankings — also plans to generate 150 jobs by 2017. They will do so by doubling the number of “high potential start-up companies” grown from UCC research spin-offs, from its current 10 to 20. The university, which has had its Government funding reduced by 32% since 2008, plans to increase its annual research income from €79 million to €90 million, and boost its non-State funding to 50% of its total income within the five year time frame. The plans were announced today by UCC President Dr Michael Murphy at the launch of the college’s five year strategic
By MARIA ROLSTON plan, Sustaining Excellence 2013 — 2017. Dr Murphy said that although he is “mindful of current straitened economic times,” his vision is for UCC “to be a world-class university connecting our region to the globe.” The plan outlines how the university aims to ensure its continued financial stability, since reducing its capital deficit by €28 million to now “manageable levels”, by increasing the cohort of international fee-paying students to 17%, thus generating €32 million. Non-exchequer funding will also be boosted by €14 million in philanthropic donations and a further €2.75 million in cost saving measures over the period of the plan. It also aims to eliminate its capital deficit entirely by 2017. ● See page four for more.
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