The story of the foundation and growth of the SURE Network since its establishment in 2016, as well as some of the backstory pre-2016, has been published by the Irish Journal of Academic Practice in the following paper:
Ciaran O’Leary; Julie Dunne; Barry Ryan; Therese Montgomery; Anne Marie O’Brien; Cormac Quigley; Claire Lennon; Fiona McArdle; Laura Keaver; Eva Campion; Gordon Cooke; Emma Caraher; Mary Deasy; Aubrey Storey; Carloalberto Petti; Eileen O’Leary; Karen Finn; Sinead Loughran; Greg Byrne; Arjan Van Rossum; Dina Brazil; Matt Smith; Nicholas Touzet; Tracey Coady; Valerie McCarthy; Janette Walton; and Josephine Tracey (2021) “Reflections on the Formation and Growth of the SURE Network: a National Disciplinary Network to Enhance Undergraduate Research in the Sciences” Irish Journal of Academic Practice: Vol. 9: Iss. 1, Article 7. doi:https://doi.org/10.21427/z3xx-dy28. Available at: https://arrow.tudublin.ie/ijap/vol9/iss1/7