Donegal: northernmost of the Three Counties (red)

OK, maybe not, but following recent speculation about the transfer of Cavan to Northern Ireland, those who hear the word Ulster and think of the historic province, whose boundaries were set on the authority of Queen Elizabeth I way back when, may well have cause to be pleased.

Apparently the University of Ulster is considering an expansion over the border into Co. Donegal by way of a merger with the Letterkenny Institute of Technology.

£1.3 million is being spent on a study investigating options that might "improve links between the institute and the University of Ulster's Magee campus" in Londonderry, of which a merger is one. Further detail from the UU itself confirms that the funding comes as part of measures in the Republic's National Development Plan aimed at increasing the capacity of higher education in "the North West [sic] and the border region".