Student teachers have warned they will not be able to complete their studies because budget cuts mean they have to spend up to €1,500 each on compulsory Gaeltacht trips.

THE epic story of Kerry adventurer Tom Crean is acting as an inspiration to families in Southill to read together and discuss literature.

ANNE O’BYRNE sang to her beautiful baby daughter Emma every day of her short life.

THOUSANDS of sympathisers filed in silent tribute through two county Limerick towns into late last night to embrace the grieving families of Garda Brian Kelleher and firefighter Mike Liston.

TRAINEE teachers have appealed to the Government to reimburse them the €90 a week they are forced to pay, out of their own pockets, for class materials and travel expenses during their teaching practice.

THE Government has agreed to fund a major new education initiative which will see new linkages between the University of Limerick (UL), and other third-level institutions in Limerick and Tralee.

TEACHERS’ representatives have called for grant aid for students forced to pay hundreds of euro for classroom essentials during teaching practice.

ONE of the country’s leading teacher-training colleges is intolerably overcrowded, its college president warned yesterday.

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AFTER entering Mary Immaculate College of Education, Limerick, in the academic year 2000/2001 as a Bachelor of Education student, I had high hopes of seeing the new building plans — long promised to the college — realised before my term as student ended there.

THE money spent on keeping young people from disadvantaged areas in school needs to be better divided to give them a chance of getting to third level, an education expert said last night.

KERRY footballer Declan Quill smiled with relief yesterday after being found not guilty by a jury of nine men and three women of assaulting a woman on the night of the Kerry v Meath All-Ireland semi-final last year.

THE main bosses’ organisation warned last night of a looming crisis for the information technology industry following a big fall-off in students opting for computer-related courses at university.