Teacher's Pet: [IrishTimes]
- Published: 13 April 2010
An insider's guide to education
- MARY COUGHLAN , the new Minister for Education and Skills, has made a flying start in her new portfolio.
Coughlan gave an assured performance at both the INTO and the TUI conferences. And those pictures of her cowering in fear from a baying mob at the TUI conference provoked a great deal of sympathy from the public.
Better still, Coughlan has shown some decisiveness. First, she announced an easing of that ludicrous embargo on promotions, which has made it impossible for schools to operate.
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