Minister's bag almost empty of goodies [Independent.ie]
- Published: 05 April 2010
THEY used to be known as the Easter 'goodies', those announcements of more teaching jobs, funding for new buildings or some other worthwhile educational initiative.
No teacher conference in pre-recessionary times was complete without its share of goodies from the visiting education minister.
But not any more. Mary Coughlan has little to give away in her inaugural tour of the conferences this week.
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