'It's not safe for the parents and pupils' [Independent.ie]
- Published: 06 January 2010
PERCHED on a snowy hill outside Tralee, Co Kerry, Listellick National School is a winter wonderland.
But the pretty scene belies hidden dangers lurking around the 215-pupil school after weather conditions not witnessed for almost 50 years.
The roads on which pupils and teachers must travel are treacherous, the school yard is covered in menacing ice and a frozen pipe has stopped the flow of water to the taps.
Full Story: www.independent.ie
Tech drive brings O’Keeffe back to his salesman days [IrishExaminer]
- Published: 06 January 2010
HE once had to knock on doors to get people interested in encyclopedias, but now Batt O’Keeffe is putting them into the country’s 4,000 schools.
As a door-to-door salesman for World Book in the 1980s, he is said to have one of the best sales records in the country supplementing his income as a lecturer in Cork Regional Technical College.
Full Story: www.irishexaminer.com
Education and tourism ministers urging kids to take holiday from the classroom [waterford-news.com]
- Published: 05 January 2010
A new brochure has been launched by Minister for Education and Science, Batt O’Keeffe, and Waterford’s Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism, Martin Cullen to encourage schools to organise transition year trips in Ireland.
Full Story: www.waterford-news.com
Schools to get free access to online encylopedias [IrishExaminer]
- Published: 05 January 2010
The online encyclopedias use text, video clips, three-dimensional simulations, research aids and other new media in presenting information to students.
Minister O’Keeffe announces free online encyclopedias for 4,000 schools [fiannafail.ie]
- Published: 05 January 2010
The country’s 4,000 schools are to get free access to online versions of the popular Encyclopedia Britannica and World Book as part of an e-Learning initiative announced today [Tuesday] by the Minister for Education and Science, Batt O’Keeffe TD.
The online encyclopedias use text, video clips, three-dimensional simulations, research aids and other new media in presenting information to students.
Full Story: www.fiannafail.ie
