The Tyndall National Institute is a constituent unit of UCC, which conducts ground-breaking research on information technology. UCC Staff at the Institute have done their utmost over decades to propel the Institute to being the largest and most successful research institute of its kind in Ireland, with an excellent reputation at home and abroad. However, Tyndall-based UCC Staff have had to endure deep inequity compared to their peers in the rest of the University despite these achievements. Tyndall based UCC Staff are paid well below their peers on main campus – in certain instances the disparity is as much as 50%.