Following the success of Tralee IT and Cork IT’s merger into the Munster Technological University (MTU), Tralee is now to become a University Town. And with that comes the inherent need “to support higher and further education and training investment, and investment in the development of MTU Tralee’s campus and R&D facilities” as set out in the RSES.
Critical to this investment is supporting the further integration of the student population, educational facilities and supported industries into the fabric of Tralee.
A critical body of work for the County Development plan must be to recognise the significance of the ‘knowledge infrastructure’ to Tralee, and to facilitate through infrastructure, student accommodation, access and development; greater social, employment and educational inclusion between Clash/Dromtacker and the town centre that will facilitate a University Town programme premised on synergy between education, research and the local economy.