High cost of a good education [independent.ie]
- Published: 16 August 2011
High cost of a good education
FOR the 55,000 young Irish people about to learn the results of their Leaving Certificate performances, tomorrow will be one of the biggest days of their lives. And those who will receive the information with the greatest anxiety and yet with the highest hopes are the four in every five of the 55,000 who want to go on to higher education.
They stand on the threshold of their adult lives at an extraordinary time. The whole world economy is in flux. Never in their lifetimes -- and seldom in their parents' lifetimes -- has there been such uncertainty and instability.
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Minister for Education announces approval to proceed with €35 million Education Campus, the largest school building project in the State this year [education.ie]
- Published: 15 August 2011
The Minister for Education & Skills, Ruairí Quinn T.D., has given the green light to Co. Monaghan Vocational Education Committee to proceed to the next stage in the construction of a €35 million education campus. Following a tender process, the VEC will now sign contracts with John Sisk & Sons Ltd to commence construction on the new campus.
This is one of the first Department of Education projects where responsibility has been devolved to a VEC. Co. Monaghan VEC will manage the provision of the new Education Campus. It is the largest building project to be funded by the Department this year.
The campus will include new accommodation for a 16 classroom primary school (Gaelscoil Ultain), a 400 pupil post primary school (Gaelcholáiste Oiriall) together with a 700 student Institute of Further Education (MIFET).
It will also include a state of the art theatre which will be the new home of The Garage Theatre. The MIFET will also use the theatre in its further education courses. This facility is being grant-aided by the Department of Education & Skills and the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to the tune of €3.3 million.
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Minister for Education announces approval to proceed with €35 million Education Campus, the largest school building project in the State this year [education.ie]
- Published: 15 August 2011
Minister for Education announces approval to proceed with €35 million Education Campus, the largest school building project in the State this year
The Minister for Education & Skills, Ruairí Quinn T.D., has given the green light to Co. Monaghan Vocational Education Committee to proceed to the next stage in the construction of a €35 million education campus. Following a tender process, the VEC will now sign contracts with John Sisk & Sons Ltd to commence construction on the new campus.
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Ruairí Quinn approves €35million for large new ‘education campus’ [thejournal.ie]
- Published: 13 August 2011
MINISTER FOR EDUCATION Ruairí Quinn has given the green light to €35million in funding for construction on a 20-acre ‘education campus’ in Monaghan.
The campus, which will be managed by the Monaghan Vocational Educational Committee, will include a 16-classroom primary school, a 400-pupil second-level school and an Institute of Further Education with the capacity for 700 students. There will also be a state-of-the-art theatre, to be called the Garage Theatre, which is being co-funded by the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.
In a statement accompanying the announcement, the government said the project on a former army barracks site in Monaghan town was a “pilot project” reflecting its position that shared educational campuses are the way forward. The three educational institutes will share facilities such as a sports hall, playing pitches and car parking.
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Bullying can leave a person scarred for life [IrishExaminer]
- Published: 13 August 2011
The bruises and blood in my photo might be make-up, but it represents real blood and bruises I had as a result of a very real beating, or three, I received not long before I joined Westlife. To this day, I still have memories of that experience within me that shape who I am.
THE ISPCC’s anti-bullying awareness campaign was the vision of Westlife’s Mark Feehily. Having experienced bullying when he was growing up in Sligo, Mark was eager to highlight the issue and spread the message that bullying is not acceptable.
Over the next four weeks, with the support of some of our celebrity ambassadors, the ISPCC is running the awareness campaign to highlight the devastating, lasting effects that bullying can have on the lives of young people. Posters and billboards of well-known faces, appearing bruised and devastated, will be displayed in locations around the country.
