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| Legal Aid Board (incl. Refugee Legal Service) | 1979-12-22 | Was set up as a statutory body on foot of the Civil Legal Aid Act 1995 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.legalaidboard.ie; Civil Legal Aid Act 1995; Dáil Éireann - Volume 337 - 02 July, 1982--Written Answers. - State-Sponsored Bodies | |
| Munster Technological University | 2021-01-01 | Munster Technological University was an amalgamation of the prior Cork and Tralee Institutes of Technology | Technological Universities Act 2018 (No. 3 of 2018); S.I. No. 568/2020 |