Editing Institute of Technology, Tralee (section)

==Merger to become Munster Technological University==
{{see|Munster Technological University}}
[[Taoiseach]] [[Leo Varadkar]] announced the formal approval of [[Munster Technological University]] in May 2020, to begin operations in January 2021.<ref name="EchoLiveMay20"/><ref name="ExaminerMay20"/><ref name="ITMay20"/>

Munster TU is among a group of other possible [[Technological Universities in Ireland|Technological Universities]] to add to [[TU Dublin]].<ref name="MTU.ie">{{Cite web |url=http://www.mtu.ie |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161004151627/http://www.mtu.ie/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 October 2016 |title=Munster Technological University (MTU) |website=Mtu.ie |access-date=6 November 2018 }}</ref><ref name="UT">{{cite news |url-status=live |work=[[The University Times]] |archive-date=12 October 2018 |url=http://www.universitytimes.ie/2018/10/hea-invests-e800000-in-four-institutes-of-technology/ |location=[[Trinity College Dublin]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181012202052/http://www.universitytimes.ie/2018/10/hea-invests-e800000-in-four-institutes-of-technology/ |date=12 October 2018 |title=HEA Invests €800,000 in Four Institutes of Technology |first=Aisling |last=Marren |access-date=6 November 2018}}</ref>