An application to create a new university for the South East is expected to be lodged this afternoon.
It comes after the governing bodies of Waterford and Carlow ITs signed off on the move this week.
The application will go to the Further and Higher Education Minister Simon Harris who will commission an international panel to examine the proposal.
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