As female journalists gather this weekend for the Women in Media conference, Marjorie Brennan wonders why there are so few female voices on our radios.

Bombarded with the idea that there are toys for girls and for boys, Andrea Mara finds out why gendered marketing matters

Minister for Education and Skills Ruairi Quinn announced a new strategy to ensure that every pupil has mastered literacy and numeracy before finishing secondary school. “No child should leave school unable to read and write and use mathematics to solve problems,” the minister stated.

JUSTICE Minister Michael McDowell insisted yesterday that he is pressing ahead with his plans to establish a body to deal with press complaints following controversy over media intrusion into the private lives of public figures.