“I am delighted as Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science that six of our Higher Education Institutions were announced today as successful members of consortia in the EU’s second Call under the European Universities Initiative. I would like to congratulate NUI Galway, TU Dublin, Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art Design and Technology, Athlone Institute of Technology, Limerick Institute of Technology and University College Cork and their teams on this significant achievement during these challenging times.