Actor Colin Farrell supports anti-bullying campaign
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A campaign launched in Ireland this month to end homophobic bullying has become news around the world due to support from Hollywood superstar Colin Farrell. Read more » |
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A campaign launched in Ireland this month to end homophobic bullying has become news around the world due to support from Hollywood superstar Colin Farrell. Read more » |
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Today’s Cabinet reshuffle saw Tánaiste Mary Coughlan switched to Education and Batt O’Keeffe moved to Enterprise, Trade and Employment. Read more » |
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Union of Students in Ireland (USI) has extended a delighted welcome back into its organization to students at National University of Ireland Maynooth. Read more » |
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A culture within the state training agency FAS of “flagrant spending devoid of scrutiny or scruples” has been revealed in another report by John Buckley. Read more » |
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As we enter the second decade of the new millennium, we are no nearer to resolving the numerous conflicts that occur continuously in our schools. Read more » |
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To resolve a dispute, we must relinquish the blame game and find instead the means of returning to existing relationships, says Greg McInerney. Read more » |
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The student maintenance grant has been reduced by 5 percent, while those on Back to Education Allowance will no longer qualify for maintenance grant. Read more » |
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A new survey has revealed that the cost of processing college grants varies from €70 per applicant in Westmeath to €484 per applicant in N Tipperary. Read more » |
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Earlier this month, Letterkenny Institute of Technology (LYIT) issued a letter to students warning that they must pay €500 of registration fee by 11 Dec. Read more » |
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800,000 primary and secondary school students will be offered the swine flu vaccination under a HSE programme which started in schools on Nov 30. Read more » |
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Almost all of TCD’s 2,676 staff members downed tools to join the national one-day protest against government proposals to cut public sector pay. Read more » |
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Third level students across Ireland are invited to put themselves in the shoes of a crisis correspondent and submit their entries to a competition … Read more » |
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Student teachers at NUI Galway, who engaged in a unique Service Learning unit as part of the Postgrad Dip in Ed, were celebrated in a special ceremony. Read more » |
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A UK union has called for the immediate suspension of wi-fi in classrooms until a longterm study into its health effects has been carried out. Read more » |
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The new fees regime will begin in September 2010 and will apply to new college entrants only - but what will the new regime be? Read more » |
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The School of Computer Science and Informatics at UCD is seeking to fill 23 PhD posts, eight post-doctoral positions, and two research assistant posts. Read more » |
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Launched last week in An Chultúrlann, Belfast, www.talkirish.com allows teachers, speakers and learners of Irish to get together to chat in Irish. Read more » |
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‘European Award for Languages - the Language Label’ recognises creative and inventive ways to improve the quality of language teaching and learning. Read more » |
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Minster for Education and Science Batt O’Keeffe addressed 500 Guidance Counsellors gathered for their AGM in the Ormond Hotel, Kilkenny, on 6 March 2009. Read more » |
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Remarks by Éilis Coakley, President of the Institute of Guidance Counsellors, at the organisation’s annual general conference in Kilkenny, 6-8 March. Read more » |