Significant progress is being made on the new Clinical Education and Research Centre (CERC) development in Limerick.

Construction work started on the new centre at the University Hospital Limerick (UHL) in June this year.

The CERC development is a partnership project between UL Hospitals and the University of Limerick (UL) and is co-funded by both the HSE and UL with an overall project cost of circa €12.75m.

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The development, which comprises a 3,442m sq four storey building, will accommodate and support the comprehensive educational, training and research needs of both the UL Graduate Entry Medical School and the UL Hospitals medical community across all disciplines.

The new CERC building will accommodate a 150 seat lecture theatre and tutorial rooms on the ground floor, library accommodation and associated facilities on the first floor, academic and administrative and technical support staff offices on the second floor along with education and research facilities on part of the third floor. The remainder of the top floor will be a dedicated research area for the UL Health Research Institute (HRI).

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