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Plea for religiously mixed schools bound to fall on deaf ears
1+ hour, 19+ min ago (112+ words) In spite of recurring calls for more religiously mixed (multi-denominational) schools in Ireland, 88 per cent of national schools are still under Catholic control. – Yours, etc, Emeritus professor of education, Sir, – I refer to the letter from Ian D’Alton (July 22nd). The…...
First ever review of childcare fees to target creches overcharging parents
1+ hour, 21+ min ago (615+ words) The first ever review of childcare providers’ fees is to be conducted targeting creches that are overcharging parents. Every local authority in the country will later this year compare fees charged by creches with the amounts parents were billed five…...
Séamas O’Reilly: I like the idea of being a Reading Champion - it implies that I myself have conquered the art
1+ hour, 20+ min ago (152+ words) The Irish Times This is because the logistics of reading are, from certain angles, incomprehensible. Homo sapiens (us lot) have existed in modern form for about 300,000 years. By modern, I mean humans whose brains and bodies were so similar to…...
We are ‘critical skills’ immigrants to Ireland. Can our adult son move here too?
21+ hour, 20+ min ago (714+ words) Our family immigrated to Ireland from the US last year. My husband has a “critical skills employment permit”, I have a 1G stamp. We have bought a house, and my younger children attend school here. My eldest is still at university…...
India protests ‘could become lightning rod’ for disillusionment with Modi’s leadership
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (971+ words) “Hit me, sir, hit me!” yells Bharat, a young protester, as about a dozen riot police surround him and beat his head and body with truncheons. His defiance in the face of overwhelming force, filmed during Monday’s big student protests…...
Woman (20s) arrested over alleged deception of UCD
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (334+ words) A woman in her 20s has been arrested by gardaí in connection with an alleged deception of a third-level institution. The alleged deception is understood to centre around supporting documentation that was sent to University College Dublin (UCD), according to two…...
Cabinet to consider law to fine people who use disposable barbecues in national parks
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (295+ words) Rangers would be able to issue on-the-spot fines to people who use disposable barbecues in national parks, under the Republic’s first landmark law for those parks. Though it has been almost 100 years since the State’s first national park was created…...
Education and that mingling of the religious and secular
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (272+ words) Sir, – Roderick Downer (Letters, July 20th) quotes Archbishop Robin Eames and Denis Bradley in 2009 stating that “reconciliation may never be achieved if our children continue to attend separated schools”. This is an issue that has stubbornly resisted attempts to address it....
Judgment reserved in student’s challenge over how UCD dealt with her studies after alleged rape
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (680+ words) The Court of Appeal has reserved judgment in a challenge by a medical student against the High Court’s rejection of her claim that University College Dublin (UCD) failed to make adequate allowances for her studies after she alleged she was…...
‘There’s so few things to do that don’t cost money’: Dublin named 14th dearest city for students
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (1067+ words) “If you really want to fit in with the crowd” in Dublin, you have to be prepared for the “hidden costs” of living in the city, says Anushka Baisoya. Baisoya, a postgraduate food science with nutrition student at University College…...