Throughout Summer 2025, a major suite of enhancements has taken place across University College Cork (UCC) teaching estate. A total of 44 rooms have undergone upgrades. These upgrades are part of UCC's ongoing commitment to creating an inclusive and accessible learning and teaching environment. IT Services led out on these upgrades, made possible through funding from Access UCC, and in collaboration with Buildings & Estates and the Centre for Digital Education. 

Katie Horgan works as a Cyber Security Analyst in IT Services. We chat to Katie about her career to date, what it’s like working in Cyber Security and IT Services.  Katie also gives us a glimpse into life outside UCC.

Michael O'Halloran retires from UCC after 43 years of dedicated service. When Michael O'Halloran began his journey with IT Services at University College Cork (UCC) in 1982, the department was known as the Computer Bureau, the Boole Library was being built, and the world wide web was still seven years away from becoming a reality. Joining as part of the then Technical Advisory Group, Michael played a pivotal role from the outset in helping the UCC community embrace and navigate the emerging digital age. Over the decades, his career would come to mirror the transformation of IT itself - from a single IBM mainframe to a vast digital ecosystem supporting thousands of users across the university.