Carlow College to close after almost 250 years
The country’s second-oldest university level institution, based in Co Carlow, is to close.
Carlow College, St Patrick’s, is to phase its closure over a two-year period as South East Technological University (SETU) is to take control of the campus. All current students – more than 600 – will have completed courses by 2028.
The college offers undergraduate, postgraduate and part-time courses in arts and the humanities.
Almost 90 staff at the college, which is based on a campus of 17 acres, are to be made redundant.