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7 results
Name
| From
| To
| Description
| Source
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bord na gCon | 1958-07-11 | 2020-10-01 | Succeeded by Rásaíocht Con Éireann from 1 October 2020 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.igb.ie/; Greyhound Industry Act 1958; S.I. No. 150/1958; Greyhound Racing Act 2019 (No. 15 of 2019); S.I. No. 399/2020 |
| University of Limerick | 1989-06-22 | Founded in 1972 as the National Institute for Higher Education, Limerick, it became a university in 1989 in accordance with the University of Limerick Act 1989. | McGauran et al. 2005; www.ul.ie; University of Limerick Act 1989; University of Limerick Act 1991; National Institute for Higher Education, Limerick Act 1980 | |
| Shannon Foynes Port Company | 2000-09-18 | Was formed by the amalgamation of Shannon Estuary Ports and Foynes Port Company under the Harbours Act 2000. Shannon Estuary Ports was established by the Harbours Act 1996 from the former Limerick Harbour Commissioners. Foynes Port Company was est. by the Harbours act 1996 from the former Foynes Harbour Trustees | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.sfpc.ie/; Harbours Act 2000; S.I. 283/2000 | |
| Foynes Port Company | 1997-03-03 | 2000-09-18 | Death by merge into Shannon Foynes Port Company | Harbours Act 1996; the Harbours Act 2000; http://www.sfpc.ie/ |
| National Institute for Higher Education, Limerick | 1972-01-01 | 1989-06-21 | Opening of National Institute for Higher Education, Limerick | Dáil Éireann - Volume 319 - 17 April, 1980 National Institute for Higher Education, Limerick, Bill, 1980: Second Stage. |
| Rásaíocht Con Éireann | 2020-10-01 | Greyhound Racing Ireland (GRI)/ Rásaíocht Con Éireann (RCÉ) (formerly known as the Irish Greyhound Board (IGB)/Bord na gCon) - is a commercial semi-state body responsible for the control and development of the greyhound industry in the Republic of Ireland | Greyhound Racing Act 2020 (No. 15 of 2019); S.I. No. 399/2020; https://www.grireland.ie/About-GRI/news/igb-rebrands-to-gri/ | |
| Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest | 2021-10-01 | Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest was an amalgamation of the prior Athlone and Limerick Institutes of Technology | Technological Universities Act 2018 (No. 3 of 2018); S.I. No. 360/2021 |