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750K for Letterkenny Institute of
Technology
11.12.15
DONEGAL Minister Joe
McHugh has welcomed the allocation of 750,000 to
Letterkenny Institute of Technology to carry out
maintenance and development of facilities and
equipment.
I am delighted that LYIT is to receive 750,000 in
funding as part of a nationwide Infrastructure
Maintenance Fund Grant for institutes of technology,
worth 10million. The Institutes can use the funds
to discharge costs already incurred on a range of
small-scale building works, refurbishment of
existing facilities and/or upgrading equipment," he
said. He said he was delighted to attend the recent
official opening of the North West Science Park -
part of a 250 million regional jobs strategy. He
revealed that there is a 100% occupancy in Fort
George, Derry and a 60% occupancy at LYIT as part of
the business project. Meanwhile, he said the
regional Action Plan for Jobs aimed to create 28,000
more jobs in the north west region by 2020. |
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Letterkenny Institute of Technology. |
The newly extended
CoLab is situated at the Letterkenny Institute of
Technology campus, where a team is already involved
in numerous initiatives and programmes for
technology entrepreneurs ensuring the latest trends
and thinking across many industry sectors are
catered for.
I have attended many functions in LYIT nd I am
aware of the continuous hard work here in promoting
the institute over the years, and as a direct result
also promoting the area of Letterkenny. I wish to
commend Paul Hannigan and all the team in their
success here," he added. |
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