Michael Clifford - "Vulnerability is all the rage... and the result of all this cant is that the status of the really vulnerable is being devalued"
0 reviewsSource : Sunday Tribune
Picture the scene. A middle-aged man is sitting in a psychiatrist's room, emptying ou ...

Mícheál is from a country area outside of Mitchelstown, Co.Cork with Kildorrery being his home GAA club. He graduated from Mary Immaculate College in 1995 and started his teaching career in St. Oliver Plunkett N.S. in Navan. He moved home to CBS Primary ...
At a time when stress is cited as one of the greatest occupational hazards, mindfulness practice is invaluable. Mindfulness practices are simple, yet profound, and create a solid foundation for self-worth, compassion and ...
ESSENTIAL building and repair works will be carried out at a further 151 schools this summer, Education Minister Mary Hanafin announced yesterday.
The additional €8.5 million to the summe ...

Minister Batt O'Keeffe has served more than 20 years in the Oireachtas as a TD and as a Senator. He was appointed Minister for Education and Science in May 2008. Before that, he was Minister of State with special responsibility for housing, urban re ...
Source : Irish Examiner
By Niall Murray, Education Correspondent
ANOTHER minister was slammed ...
By Ralph Riegel and Aine Kerr
GOVERNMENT pledges to reduce class sizes rem ...
Minister for Education and Skills, Jan O’Sullivan TD
Jan O’Sullivan is a Labour Party TD representing the Limerick City constituency. A former pre-school and sec ...
Minister Hanafin announces formal establishment of National Council for Special Education from 1st October 2005
0 reviewsThe Minister for Education and Science, Mary Hanafin TD, today announced that the National Council for Special Education will be formally established on 1 October 2005.
The Council, which has already been established on an interim basis, is the body c ...
Minister for Education & Skills, Jan O’Sullivan
Jan O’Sullivan is a Labour Party TD representing the Limerick City constituency. A former pre-school and secondary school teacher, Jan became involved in politics in Lim ...
Mr. John Gormley, TD
Minister for the Environment, Heritage & Local Government
Department for the Environment
Custom House Quay
Dublin 1
13 December 2007
Re.: Water Charges in Primary Schools
Dear Minis ...
Dear Minister Hanafin,
The issue of water charges being levied on primary schools is a matter of serious concern to Boards of Management and especially to Principal Teachers. Water is a new expense to schools and despite the recent €15 increas ...
- Expenditure increase of 3.2pc to €9.6bn
- 'Tough choices' made on savings in difficult Exchequer position
- Capital spend up €79m to €889m
The Minister for Education and Science, Batt O'Keeffe TD, today outlined t ...
Fine Gael
Fine Gael National Press Office Press Release
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Leinster House Conta ...