University College Cork is to open a 4,000-student strong Business School in Cork city centre in what is another huge boost for the region. UCC has chosen the Trinity Quarter site, previously Brooks Haughton’s builders’ yard, as the location for its new Cork University Business School (CUBS), for 20 staff and 4,000 students. Currently, the Cork University Business School has 3,500 students across disciplines such as finance, economics, accounting, BIS, marketing and food business: of these, about 700 are postgraduates, and 400 are international students from non-EU countries. UCC president Patrick O’Shea said a commitment had been made that the new business school should be city-facing. Meanwhile, also in Cork city centre, the sale of the 0.9-acre Carey Tool Hire and Sextant bar, for redevelopment by John Cleary Developments, has also been confirmed.

Source: Irish Examiner February 07, 2019 05:48 UTC