[citation needed] Galway, a much smaller city at the time, won out over Waterford, perhaps because of the necessity for geographical dispersion or to bolster the Irish language.

[8][9] WIT and Nemeton TV (which is based in the Waterford Gaeltacht) run a Higher Diploma in Arts in Television Production supported by Údarás na Gaeltachta.

[11] The institute has 5 campuses: Cork Road, College Street, Carriganore, the Applied Technology Building and the Granary.

[12][13] A vision document, "Technological University for the South East" (TUSE) was published in 2015, and a memorandum of understanding was signed in 2017.

[14] At the launch of TU Dublin in July 2018, the Taoiseach expressed regret that this TUSE bid had not progressed sufficiently following the Technological Universities Act 2018.