Launching its five-year capital development plan on Tuesday, Mr O'Driscoll said UCC will instead be investing €60m on its main campus for Cork University Business School (CUBS). It would have seen around 4,000 students and 180 staff relocating to the city centre site from UCC main campus. The issue was not the business school itself; it was a cost issue that the university could not afford. In January, it obtained the “triple crown” of international business school accreditation, placing the school amongst the global elite in the top 1% of business schools worldwide. Mr O'Driscoll said the feasibility study for the €60m new business school is currently underway, with several locations on main campus currently being looked at.

Source: Irish Examiner March 10, 2026 15:59 UTC