Sean J Murphy, the well-known and highly respected historian, genealogist and teacher, has advised Irish Genealogy News that University College Dublin's Genealogy/Family History Certificate is being discontinued.
Existing students of the three-year course will be able to finish their studies but there will be no new intake of students this Autumn.
Sean explains in more detail in his blog and talks about his plans for the future: http://homepage.eircom.net/~seanjmurphy/dir/blog.html.