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24 Jun 2026
Taoiseach Marks Centenary of Landmark Legislation that Helped Transform Irish Agriculture and Food Systems
Taoiseach Micheál Martin TD this week hosted a special commemorative event in Government Buildings to mark the centenary of the University Education (Agriculture and Dairy Science) Act 1926, legislation that established the Faculty of Dairy Science at University College Cork and the Faculty of Agriculture at University College Dublin.
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24 Jun 2026
Professor Claire Connolly wins Robert Rhodes Prize
Professor Claire Connolly wins major Irish literature award for ‘Irish Romanticism: A Literary History’. UCC Professor of Modern English honoured by the American Conference for Irish Studies.
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23 Jun 2026
42 new Social Workers graduate through Ireland’s landmark apprenticeship programme
The Apprenticeship in Social Work is led by UCC in partnership with the HSE and Tusla under the national Generation Apprenticeship initiative. Inaugural cohort demonstrates how innovative earn-and-learn pathways can help address growing workforce needs.
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23 Jun 2026
UCC becomes first University in Europe to achieve prestigious sustainability rating
University College Cork (UCC) has become the first and only university in Europe to achieve one of the world’s most prestigious sustainability ratings. The Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System (STARS), is the world's leading framework for measuring and publicly reporting sustainability performance in higher education, and UCC has obtained a Platinum rating, placing it alongside leading global institutions including Cornell University, Stanford University and the University of California.
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