Galway Bay FM Newsroom - There has been confirmation that the formation of the Connacht-Ulster Alliance - which would see GMIT merge with several other IT's - has moved a step closer.
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Minister for Higher Education, Simon Harris, has confirmed that he expects an application seeking the merger to be delivered shortly.
He was responding to a query raised by Senator Aisling Dolan at the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills.
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The CUA would be a technological university for the North-West region consisting of GMIT, Letterkenny IT and IT Sligo.
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Fine Gael Senator Dolan says once approved and developed, it will transform the region.
