Minister refuses to rule out further education cuts [Independent.ie]
- Published: 07 April 2010
Education cannot be sheltered from any further cuts, Education Minister Mary Coughlan warned yesterday.
She said it would be dishonest to say otherwise, given that the bulk of public spending was accounted for by health, education and welfare.
"The reality is that this country will have less to spend on public services for the foreseeable future. This is a fact and we cannot afford to underestimate the challenge it will pose," she told the INTO congress in Galway, where a minority of delegates heckled and booed her speech.
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