1+ hour, 37+ min ago  (535+ words) I recently completed a piece of research involving students across ten post-primary schools in Ireland, which explored the relationship between religion and the psychological wellbeing of young people in this country." The study also examined young people's religious beliefs in…...

3+ hour, 13+ min ago  (105+ words) A little-discussed Government report last week continued the troubling trend of positioning bullying in Irish schools as primarily a social and cultural problem, rather than as an interpersonal problem between specific students or groups of students. In other words, the…...

1+ week, 23+ hour ago  (823+ words) New Aer Lingus cabin crew recruits have expressed frustration and anger after the airline cancelled planned training at its Dublin academy with just a few days notice last week. Recruits have to complete an intensive six-week paid training programme, hosted…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (253+ words) While the Government and the Social Democrats debate the role of religion in schools, parents struggle to get a place in a special class in their local school, Independent Ireland TD, Ken O'Flynn' has said. "Parents have been consistent and…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (113+ words) Another day, another school survey being reported as showing the need to get the Church out, out, out of schools, as some might say if they didn't have to feign at least a modicum of impartiality on the topic. The…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (165+ words) The Department of Further and Higher Education is seeking media buying and strategy services worth "4 million over four years. Media buying refers to the process of purchasing advertising space, while media strategy is concerned with how best to promulgate a…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (782+ words) LOOKBACK: This article was first published on 19th January 2024 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ My father had good Irish. He learnt it in primary school. It wasn't a'Gaelscoil, he just had a great teacher who had good Irish and a passion for teaching it. It was…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (169+ words) Please note that your choices apply across all our subdomains. Once you give consent, a floating button will appear at the bottom of your screen, allowing you to change or withdraw your consent at any time. We respect your choices…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago  (552+ words) One of the greatest challenges of our age, if not the greatest, is choosing against convenience so as to maintain and develop capability, a challenge that has only become more pressing in the age of artificial intelligence (AI)." Surely, one…...

2+ mon, 22+ hour ago  (751+ words) While there continues to be much fretting over the scarcity and expense of accommodation for students, one company which has pivoted away from student accommodation to providing for applicants for asylum has done very well from the changeover. That company…...