| | UCD News - QUB, UCD and TCD sign historic all-Ireland strategic partnership |
 | | The university presidents of Queen’s University Belfast (QUB), University College Dublin (UCD) and Trinity College Dublin (TCD) signed an all-Ireland collaborative research partnership between universities North and South at a special reception hosted by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Dermot Ahern TD, on 24 April 2007. |
 | | In this strategic partnership, three of the leading research institutions on the island of Ireland have identified a number of areas in which they have complementary strengths and together they intend to develop these areas to ensure maximum intellectual, educational and economic benefits of the three universities in an all-Ireland and international context. |
 | | The thrust of the collaboration between QUB, UCD and TCD concerns biomedical sciences and biomedical informatics - with a focus on experimental cancer medicine, infection and immunity; arts and human sciences, including socio-economics and Irish studies; and physical sciences, including nanoscience. |
| www.ucd.ie /news/apr07/042507_Research_Partnership.html (734 words) |