US News & World Report published their first global Universities rankings: http://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/rankings
And the numbers are pretty much disastrous for Ireland:
No Irish University in top 100. No Irish University in top 1-199. Best ranked Irish university is 210th (TCD). Only one Irish university in top 250. Only two Irish universities in top 300. Only 3 Irish universities in top 500...
Here are the 'neighbourhoods' for TCD:
Nothing else to comment...
See other rankings links here: http://trueeconomics.blogspot.ie/2014/08/2182014-shanghai-academic-rankings-2014.html
