MIC’s Limerick campus has more than 50 lecture theatres and meeting rooms, as well as the 360 seat Halla Auditorium and the 510 seat Lime Tree Theatre, along with an award-winning sports complex, Tailteann.

MIC’s facilities include:

• Students' Union Shop
• GAA pitch
• 460m running track
• Library
• Gym
• Parking
• Student Lounge
• Canteen
• Medical Centre
• Disabled Access and facilities including bathroom hoists
• 200 seater Chapel
• 510 seat Lime Tree Theatre
• Lime Tree Bar (winner of the Architecture Expo Interior Design Award 2013)
• Playing fields and running track
• Sculpture Trail
• Art Collection/Galleries
• City bike-share scheme located at South Circular Road entrance

MIC’s Thurles campus has a range of high-quality facilities to support the equally high standard of teaching and learning at the facility. It underwent a massive regeneration between 2002 and 2005, and further upgrade works were carried out in 2016 and 2017, including the addition of brand new on-campus accommodation.

There is also a GAA pitch onsite and other sports facilities including tennis and basketball courts, and a handball alley. There are a variety of lecture and tutorial rooms, a computer lab, teaching lab, library, dedicated Students’ Union area, student lounge and canteen.

Mary I Students’ Union (MISU) is the representative body of students within MIC. The Students' Union is all about giving students a voice, helping them to use it and enriching their college experience. MISU provides support and advice on academic, welfare and equality issues, and also help new students to settle into life at third-level.

The Students’ Union organises extra-curricular activities for students and offers a broad selection of clubs and societies for students to join spanning the arts, culture, entertainment, education, sports, welfare and charity. The SU also run many student events throughout the year, such as club nights and gigs during Orientation and Freshers' Week.

Clubs

Athletics, Badminton, Basketball, Camogie, Couch to 5K, Golf, Hurling, Ladies Football, Football, Rugby, Running, Soccer, Softball, Tag Rugby, Tennis

Societies

Africa Society, Art Society, Charity/Volunteer Society, Christian Union, Choral Soc, Commuter Soc, Crochet and Knitting Society, Cumann Gaelach, Debate Soc, Disney Society, Environment Soc, Fashion Soc, Film Society, Game Soc, Green Campus Soc, Harry Potter Society, International Society, Jive Soc, LGBTQIA Society, Live Music Society, Mature Student Society, MIC Feed (Media), MIDANCE, MIDAS (dramatic arts), Movie Soc, One World Society, Photography Soc, Pool Soc, Positive Mental Society, Psychology Society, SVP Society, Traditional Irish Dance Soc, Trad Music Society, Writers' Soc.

Students have access to a wide range of IT services, including access to Wi-Fi and computer labs. Printing services are also available across both campuses and ICT Services is also on hand to help students with any IT issues you may be experiencing.

Sport and recreation play an important role in the lives of our students. At MIC we cater for a wide variety of sports and located on our Limerick campus you will find our state-of-the-art, multipurpose sports complex, Tailteann, which includes a gym, weights room and sports hall which can be set up as two indoor soccer courts, an IBA approved basketball court, three volleyball courts or six badminton courts. Other facilities included a full-size GAA pitch (on both campuses), a floodlit training pitch, an all-weather tennis court/five-a-side soccer court, and a 460m all-weather running track.

At our Thurles campus there is a GAA pitch onsite and other sports facilities including tennis and basketball courts, and a handball alley.

MIC Limerick

Courtbrack Student Accommodation is a purpose-built unit providing quality self-catering accommodation for first year undergraduate students. The complex, situated on Courtbrack Avenue, is approximately a five-minute walk to MIC’s Limerick campus.

MIC Thurles

MIC Thurles has 36-ensuite bedrooms conveniently located on-campus. Spread over three floors, they provide accommodation for 36 first year students on a single room basis.

Booking

Bookings are taken all year round. However, early booking is highly recommended. We strongly advise students to reserve their accommodation as soon as their CAO forms are completed. Students may only provisionally book one type of accommodation.

There are canteens located on both campuses, which provide have a wide range of hot and cold options for students to choose from including a selection of cereals, freshly baked scones and pastries, healthy salads, nutritious sandwiches and wraps, and hearty and wholesome main courses.

The MIC Fees office provides a proficient, effective and professional service within a friendly environment to all students, staff, and stakeholders, with regard to the administration of Student Fees.

At MIC, we aim to give students a very positive experience but college life can also bring challenges, both personal and academic. MIC offers a range of holistic supports designed to help students if and when they may need them.

Supports offered include:

• Academic Learning Centre
• Chaplaincy
• Counselling
• Student Parent Support Service
• Gender Identity & Sexual Orientation Support
• Healthy Campus
• Medical Centre

Further information here.

Student Academic Administration

The office of Student Academic Administration assists students to access important information as they progress through their time at third-level. The team will guide you through important processes throughout the academic year such as registration, examinations and graduation, to name but a few.

You can travel to Limerick by bus or by train, both arriving at Colbert Station, which is just a short walk from our Limerick Campus. MIC Thurles is also well serviced by buses and trains.