News

In the Winter 2020 edition of UL Links, Dr Niamh NicGhabhann speaks to our outgoing Chairman, Dr Loretta Brennan Glucksman about her ‘Magical associations with an amazing University’.

The University of Limerick Foundation has announced the election of a new chairman. The appointment was confirmed by Dr Brennan Glucksman at a meeting of the Foundation this Friday. Harry Fehily, Managing Partner at Holmes O’Malley Sexton Solicitors and a board member of University of Limerick Foundation, has been elected as successor to Chair Dr […]

The Programme will promote Science & Engineering and Women in STEM. At a special award ceremony today, global medical technology company, BD RCI, launched a new scholarship and bursary programme for University of Limerick (UL) students. The programme is being funded by the company through the UL Foundation to support students from the University’s Access […]

Mrs Brennan Glucksman is a leading light in global philanthropy and has worked tirelessly to establish strong ties between America and the island of Ireland and is also Chairman Emeritus of the American Ireland Fund. At the New York event, UL President Dr Des Fitzgerald said that “University of Limerick has benefitted from the work […]

GECAS, the aircraft lessor based in Shannon, and the University of Limerick School of Engineering, have announced Ireland’s first-ever Women in Aviation Scholarship to help drive increased engagement by female students in Aeronautical Engineering. Beginning this year, GECAS will provide a Scholarship each year to one qualifying first-year female student of the UL Bachelor of […]

Congratulations to Dean Philip O’Regan and colleagues involved in securing KBS’s (Kemmy Business School, UL) AACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) accreditation. Press Release: Tampa, Fla., USA (July 30, 2019)—AACSB International (AACSB) announces that University of Limerick has earned accreditation for its Kemmy Business School. Founded in 1916, AACSB is the longest-serving global […]

Analog Devices holds its annual Robbie McAdam Scholarship & Medal Ceremony June 13th. Pictured are Employees from both Analog Devices, Raheen and Electronic & Computer Engineering (E&CE), UL plus the worthy recipients of these awards from the BE Electronic & Computer Engineering programme, E&CE Dept, UL

Thank you to this year’s sponsors of the President’s Dinner:

The Board of the UL Foundation has confirmed that Chief Executive Officer, David Cronin, has decided to step down from the Foundation to take up a new position in the USA as President & CEO of the American Ireland Funds. UL President Des Fitzgerald paid tribute to Mr Cronin, saying “David has overseen a very […]

We were deeply saddened to learn of the sudden death of UL Governing Authority member, Tom Considine, on 22nd November. Tom joined the University’s Governing Authority on 1st December, 2017 as nominee of the University of Limerick Foundation and was appointed Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee, which plays a critical role in the […]

It is with great sadness that we learned about the death of  our friend and colleague, Professor Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin, Emeritus Professor of Music at the University of Limerick.

On 2nd November, a close network of ambassadors, patrons and supporters of the University of Limerick Foundation gathered at a special event hosted by UL Chancellor and UL Foundation Director Mary Harney in support of student scholarships.

It is with great sadness that we share the news of the passing of our Founding Secretary and President Emeritus UL, Mr John O’Connor. John was a huge part of the success of our Foundation and the University – captured so wonderfully in his “Memoir of a Privileged Time”, a personal history of the development […]

In article yesterday, the Limerick Leader newspaper paid tribute to UL Foundation Director, Chuck Feeney, and the remarkable impact his generosity has had on the University of Limerick and Mid-West region as a whole: https://www.limerickleader.ie/news/home/301481/chuck-feeney-s-donations-had-a-remarkable-impact-on-the-university-of-limerick.html

  Former UL Foundation Director, Sir Terry Wogan has been named the greatest BBC radio presenter of the last 50 years in a Radio Times poll of broadcasting experts.  Sir Terry presented Radio 2’s breakfast show for a total of 28 years.

At a special ceremony today, engineering firm, Arup, presented cheques to students under a new scholarship and awards programme in the Faculty of Science and Engineering at the University of Limerick.

A new suite of Sports Scholarships were formally launched at the event, designed to support elite athletes in pursuing and excelling in their sport while also undertaking study at the University of Limerick.

Leading semiconductor solutions provider, Microsemi, who has its European headquarters in Ennis, Co. Clare has generously agreed to commit €50,000 over the next 4 years to continue its scholarship programme in engineering at UL.

In excess of 300 sports personalities, philanthropic and business leaders attended the annual University of Limerick President’s Gala Dinner organised by the UL Foundation in a special marquee on the UL campus.

The University of Limerick today conferred Honorary Doctorates on six exceptional individuals from the worlds of humanitarianism, business, the arts and the public sector.

It is with great sadness that we hear the news of the passing of UL Foundation Board member, Sir Terry Wogan. A close friend of the University, Sir Terry was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University in 2004 and joined the Board of the UL Foundation in 2006.