Taoiseach Micheál Martin is set to officially open the country’s first co-located university enterprise quarter at the former Waterford Crystal manufacturing site.
The new Glassworks site is located beside academic and research facilities belonging to South East Technological University (SETU).
Those behind the initiative have said locating business beside these SETU facilities will drive employment, research and education across the southeast region.
The 80,000sq/ft ‘Building One’ on the campus will be officially opened by the Taoiseach this morning.
The €43m building will eventually house 800 employees, almost two decades after the closure of the…