THE heads of universities are to be given special advice on how to cut costs as part of the review of spending by Education Minister Batt O’Keeffe.

I AM requesting young people who, for one reason or another, have dropped out of school early and not completed their Leaving Certificate to take part in research into how and why the school system has failed them.

From March 1 mothers will be entitled to another four weeks maternity benefit which will giving them a full six months off work to care for their baby at home, according to local Fianna Fáil TD and chairman of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Science Michael Moynihan.

A state vetting system for people who work with children should be implemented to protect youngsters in Ireland, the Catholic Church said today.