4 December 2025
4 December 2025
Glenveagh, one of Ireland’s leading homebuilders, has announced a partnership with Maynooth University framed around student support, research and innovation, access programmes, employability and schools’ engagement.
The collaboration is designed to raise the profile of the construction sector among students, delivering industry insights to highlight the numerous and diverse career paths open to the students and graduates needed for this key sector of the Irish economy into the future.
The partnership between Glenveagh and Maynooth University will support students and local schools through education and raise awareness of the exciting and rewarding careers in the construction sector, from engineering and design to computer programming and robotics.
Further opportunities around research and innovation will be explored through the partnership, which is designed to combine the expertise of academia and industry to create lasting social and economic impact.
Through hands-on collaboration, Glenveagh will highlight how Maynooth University students can actively contribute to real-world challenges using cutting-edge research and advanced technologies like AI and robotics to drive faster, smarter, and more sustainable homebuilding processes.
Commencing immediately, key elements of the collaboration are:
Today’s announcement builds on Glenveagh’s sponsorship of Maynooth University’s Soccer Development Programme, with the company’s support helping the University’s players and teams achieve impressive results in national competitions, including winning the prestigious Collingwood Cup, the oldest surviving all-Ireland association football competition, in 2025.
Stephen Garvey, CEO, Glenveagh, said: “This is an important step for Glenveagh in advancing our education engagement programme and we are delighted to partner with our neighbours in Maynooth University, one of Ireland’s finest universities, to deliver a comprehensive programme of support and collaboration for the incoming students, with a view to encouraging them to develop fulfilling and rewarding careers in our sector.
“From engineers to business and design graduates, we need to attract a variety of skills into the construction sector over the coming years. We are keen to work with Maynooth University to promote the sector to its students and input into the development of truly industry ready graduates. We are particularly keen to encourage students from Maynooth and surrounding communities and have also built outreach into DEIS schools into the programme. We believe our sector delivers excellent career opportunities across a wide range of skills and we’re keen to highlight that to the graduates of the future.”
Prof Tim Thompson, MU’s Vice President for Students and Learning, said: “Maynooth University is delighted with this new partnership with Glenveagh which will provide our students with important scholarship supports as well as identifying high-quality career paths for them in the critical construction sector of the Irish economy.”
Dr Rose Ryan, Director of Access at Maynooth University, said the partnership aimed to support the many talented students who might not otherwise have the resources or networks to pursue careers in the construction industry.
“Many of these students face persistent barriers to education and career progression, including financial hardship, limited access to academic resources, mentoring, and industry networks—factors that can significantly restrict their opportunities to enter high-skilled sectors like construction.”