The IIHA would like to address a mistruth being spread regarding our bid for the Ice Dome. For the last 4 1/2 years the IIHA has been in a position to either purchase, or lease, the Dundalk Ice Dome.

The truth will come out when the Public Accounts Committee bring DkIT in. An organisation with funding was tactically blocked from reopening a facility which has been allowed to become derelict. Keep up the great work Irish Ice Hockey Association. 100% with you. #IceForIreland

This sorry saga continues. 3 years of disingenuous negotiations where we met the DKIT Heads of Terms and still no agreement to lease. The IIHA remains ready to purchase or lease the former Dundalk Ice Dome. dundalkdemocrat.ie/news/news/6480…

Negotiating a deal bring the Ice Dome back into use as a resource for the community and a home for Irish Ice Hockey by partnering with the Irish Ice Hockey Association should have been done years ago. Sadly it's yet another missed opportunity in the current DkIT President's legacy of dereliction.

This whole thing gets worse and worse. We've got the money, we've got the experience. How much longer will this ridiculous situation carry on? What next? Rip out the rink for some other sport? Paddywhackery 100. Ged Nash TD Cathal Berry Senator Chris Andrews #stopthegenocide dundalkdemocrat.ie/news/news/6559…

'We condemn the failure of the Minister for Education and the Department to provide alternative time-bound working arrangements for teachers who have been ineligible to receive vaccines. To cause a group of pregnant workers to endure weeks of anxiety and fear is unconscionable.'

‘These teachers don’t want to go out on sick leave. They’re not sick, they’re pregnant, so we’re asking the Minister to do the right thing and to allow them to work remotely.’ - TUI Deputy General Secretary Annette Dolan on RTE News

Interesting article on the Technological University Transformation Fund, which again sadly shows that DkIT is continuing to lose out on millions of Euro in funding due to the broken promises & serious strategic errors of the current Institute President. hea.ie/2021/09/08/e25…

Congrats to Sligo, Galway-Mayo & Letterkenny IoTs on Technological University designation. DkIT was a member of this partnership & could also have been celebrating TU designation today but was instead inexplicably withdrawn from the Consortium by President Michael Mulvey.

Where indeed? Staff did all they could to avoid DkIT being left behind & urged DkIT's administration & Governing Body to act. Why didn't they? irishtimes.com/opinion/letter…

As predicted. For years staff did all they could to raise the alarm that the current DkIT administration was not engaging with TU partners and the Institute's future status was slipping out of its own hands. Hopefully new leadership can mitigate the mistakes of the last 4 years.

UPDATE: Due to the Status Orange Weather Alert for County Louth, DkIT will be CLOSED on Tuesday 7th December 2021. The campus will reopen on Wednesday 8th December 2021. Please check the website & social media for ongoing further updates. Stay Safe. #stormbarra DkIT Sports & Socs

Important to clarify practically all DkIT staff understood & wanted to fully engage with the TU Process & asked for years that talks commence with potential partners. The 'unrealistic ambitions' & neglect of the TU Process resided & resides solely in the DkIT President's office.

Staff have urged DkIT's President's Office to engage with the TU Process for years, sadly as Simon Harris TD states, DkIT's President has not done so. After 5 wasted years of inaction & broken promises new Leadership is urgently needed so that the North East is not left behind.

Simon Harris TD DkIT Teachers Union of Ireland Branch Bringing IoTs together to form TUs is difficult, but it's being done across much of the state. DkIT's "leaders", unilaterally, against all advice, decided to try something infinitely more difficult, and took us nowhere; there's a difference between ambition and fantasy.

While HEA involvement is welcome, it is a tragedy that the warnings staff raised for years regarding the foreseeable negative consequences of the DkIT President's office inexplicable refusal to negotiate with potential TU partner during this period of transformation were ignored.

At an emergency meeting Dundalk IT TUI branch voted to make the maximum donation permitted under rule to the Ukrainian Humanitarian Fund (€3,000) & will seek permission from TUI HQ to waive the maximum donation rule to double the amount. #UkraineCrisis crisisrelief.un.org/t/ukraine