Professor Tom Collins, Chair of the three Institute’s Governing Bodies, said: "The members of the Technological University Dublin Alliance are delighted to receive confirmation today from An Taoiseach that we are to become Ireland’s first Technological University (TU Dublin) in 2019. The new university will be named Technological University Dublin, known as TU Dublin, and be located on three campuses at Grangegorman, Blanchardstown and Tallaght. Ireland’s first dedicated technological university was formally announced today (17 July) at Grangegorman in Dublin by An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, TD, along with Minister for Education and Skills, Richard Bruton, TD; Minister for Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform Paschal Donohoe, TD; and Minister for Higher Education Mary Mitchell O’Connor, TD. This funding tranche is being provided by the Higher Education Authority (HEA) under their 2018 higher education landscape restructuring funding call.
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar announces plans to open the Technological University Dublin, a new university in Dublin, Ireland, in January 2019. The new university will be an amalgamation of three existing institutes of technology – DIT, ITB, and IT Tallaght.