St Patrick’s College, Thurles

At the time of the announcement, MIC Thurles, as it is now known, offered four concurrent teacher education programmes, designed to prepare students to become second-level teachers and had a total student population of 186. Today, it offers seven undergraduate programmes in the following subject areas: Gaeilge, Mathematics, Theology and Religious Studies, Accounting, Home Economics and Business Studies with an undergraduate student population of 570. MIC Thurles also introduced a postgraduate offering in the area of middle leadership with 50 students currently enrolled on the programme.