“Staff of the Dundalk Institute of Technology were informed last week by DkIT President Denis Cummins of a deepening funding crisis which has seen the Institute’s budget deficit grow to €3.1 million …” (more)
[Talk of the Town, 14 December]
“Denis Cummins is to leave his position as president of Dundalk IT early next year. The Drogheda native, who has been in the position since 2006, will be taking up a new as-yet-to-be-revealed job elsewhere …” (more)
[Talk of the Town, 21 October]
“Dundalk Institute of Technology will not be pursuing Technological University (TU) status it said this week. The Institute say that its position in a Regional Cluster would be of most benefit to all the stakeholders in the region …” (more)
[Dundalk Leader, 23 January]
“The central grants system may not be able to cope when it is extended to cover all students in the coming years, claims the head of the institute of technology sector …” (more)
[Niall Murray, Irish Examiner, 9 January]
“Students have had to accept food boxes, sleep in their cars and live on as little as €10 a week because they haven’t received their grants. Student leaders and college chiefs have now turned their fire on a new grant-processing system …” (more)
[Cormac Murphy, Herald, 8 January]
“Denis Cummins, President of Dundalk IT and the new Chair of Institutes of Technology, criticises the SUSI grant application system …” (audio)
[RTÉ Merning Ireland, 8 January]
“The head of the country’s Institutes of Technology has criticised the new centralised student grant system and has questioned the ability of the system to cope …” (more)
[RTÉ News, 8 January]
“President of Dundalk Institute of Technology (DkIT) Denis Cummins is the new chairperson of Institutes of Technology Ireland (IOTI) for 2013 …” (more)
[Sorcha Corcoran, Business and Leadership, 7 January]
“The President of Dundalk IT, Denis Cummins, has publicly opposed any planned increases in college fees. Mr Cummins said that the revenue gathered from fee increases was never seen by colleges, for which the fees are nominally gathered …” (more)
[Union of Students in Ireland, 23 October]
“DkIT President Denis Cummins has met with PayPal’s Vice President for Global Operations Louise Phelan to discuss ways to build partnerships between the Institute and the multinational payments company …” (more)
[Dundalk Democrat, 3 May]
