Organisation: Technological University Dublin

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<p>Minister for Further and Higher Education Simon Harris said: “The impact of the Greentown project in University of Limerick has been transformational in helping children escape the clutches of criminal gangs." Photo: Damien Storan</p>

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Consent classes among university projects to share €5.5m development fund

The University of Limerick's 'Greentown Project’ has helped children escape the clutches of criminal gangs

<p>Minister for Further and Higher Education Simon Harris said: “TU RISE is directed at developing researcher human capital in the TUs, including staff development, recruitment, postgraduate training and supervision, networking, and collaborative knowledge-transfer and mobility schemes.” File picture: Brian Lawless/PA</p>

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Technological universities to share €84m research fund

<p>Only 45% of women who met a public health nurse for advice found it positive.</p>

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One in four women given conflicting advice about breastfeeding, survey finds

Elaine Loughlin: State needs a ‘Goldilocks approach’ to housing crisis

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Rural dwellers and local authority tenants more likely to be hospitalised with Covid-19 - study

Eamon Quinn: Ireland's broken housing and banking markets were outsourced to the vultures

Egyptian student is Smedias' Journalist of the Year

An Egyptian student has been named Journalist of the Year at the National Student Media Awards (Smedias).

Wed, 01 Jul, 2020

Cost of living for college students to fall for the first time in a decade

It is projected that there will be a small drop in the cost of living for third-level student next year due to Covid-19.

Fri, 12 Jun, 2020

Food matters: How virus crisis is affecting feeding of under-twos

Lockdown hampers breastfeeding of children, says Helen O'Callaghan.

Tue, 19 May, 2020

Colleges and universities finalise 'alternative assessment arrangements'

Third level students will not face tests in physical examination centres, it was confirmed last night.

Wed, 08 Apr, 2020

Irish studies find Vitamin D can build Covid-19 resistance

One of the studies, published in the Irish Medical Journal, calls for the immediate vitamin D supplementation of hospital inpatients, nursing home residents and older people.

Fri, 03 Apr, 2020

Expert warns people not to panic buy or stockpile goods amid Covid-19 fears

A leading lecturer in retail management has warned people not to panic and stockpile goods in the context of the outbreak of the coronavirus.

Fri, 06 Mar, 2020

GRAPEVINE: Children and Youth Funds pay tribute to 14 valuable projects

Social Innovation Fund Ireland has praised the 14 charitable groups awarded supports worth €9.5m under the Children and Youth Education Fund.

Fri, 21 Feb, 2020

Business Movers: Amy's new lead sales role at Envisage Cloud

Amy Hughes has taken on a new role as sales manager with Envisage Cloud. Plus a selection of other people beginning new roles with companies in Ireland.

Thu, 20 Feb, 2020

Engineering group creates 50 new jobs at Carlow manufacturing facility

Jones Engineering Group have created 50 new jobs at its new manufacturing and research plant in Carlow, growing employment to 150 in the next 18 months.

Tue, 26 Nov, 2019

AI and it's growing impact on daily life

Funding of €12m for CeADAR, Ireland’s national centre for Applied Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence (AI), was recently announced by Enterprise Ireland to accelerate the development and deployment of AI, data analytics and machine learning.

Tue, 19 Nov, 2019

O’Devaney Gardens regeneration plan 'the perfect mix'

The former head of the housing agency Conor Skehan welcomed the decision by Dublin City Councillors to ratify a €7m deal with developers Bartra earlier this week.

Fri, 08 Nov, 2019

Government with lessons to learn: special needs education

Lingering recession-era cutbacks mean that, when a teacher is absent, children with special needs often lose out, writes Michael Clifford.

Wed, 23 Oct, 2019

Obesity levels too high as 1 in 6 children are overweight

One in six school children are overweight or obese and while levels appear to have stabilised or decreased in recent years, especially in girls, they are still too high.

Wed, 11 Sep, 2019

One in six school children classed as overweight or obese, research shows

It is according to a new national nutrition survey of primary school children in Ireland.

Wed, 11 Sep, 2019

'Parents should refuse,' says author of report which finds shorter days forced on 25% of children with disabilities

A report has found that one in four children with disabilities are being denied full school days as 'short school days' are being imposed upon them by schools.

Thu, 05 Sep, 2019

Alternative paths: Apprenticeships gaining in popularity and diversity

School-leavers choosing apprenticeships has doubled in the last three years, up to 16,000 from 8,300 in 2015.

Thu, 15 Aug, 2019

College accommodation: Students living with a family can save €378 a month

According to the Cost of Living Guide for students for 2019-’20, produced by Technological University Dublin (TU Dublin), students can save up to €378 a month by choosing to live with a host family.

Tue, 13 Aug, 2019

Making Cents: Get the best from savings to fund college costs

Tomorrow is a big day for more than 50,000 Irish students and their families, with Leaving Cert results being issued in schools all around the country and online tomorrow morning.

Mon, 12 Aug, 2019

Award-winning device to enable farmers to only dose their animals when necessary

The first ever Munster Agri-Innovation Awards took place last Saturday in conjunction with the Cork Summer Show.

Wed, 19 Jun, 2019

Summer Show brings the world of agri-innovation to Curraheen

The Munster Agri-Innovation search for winners comes to a climax at the Cork Summer Show on Saturday.

Wed, 12 Jun, 2019

Communities fight back against the drugs trade

The assistant garda commissioner has pleaded with youths not to get involved in the drugs trade at any level. We must provide initiatives to help, writes Cormac O’Keeffe.

Fri, 24 May, 2019

Young people see drug dealing as ‘work’ to buy consumer goods

Intimidation and violence drives local drug markets and enables drug bosses to keep communities “insecure, fearful, and subordinate”, research shows.

Mon, 29 Apr, 2019

Head of technological university to get free accommodation

Free accommodation is to be provided, along with a €186,000-plus salary, for the president of Ireland’s first technological university — but the location will only be decided after the person is selected.

Thu, 04 Oct, 2018

Ireland to get its first Technological University

It is being formed by the merger of the Institutes of Technology in Blanchardstown, Tallaght, and DIT.

Tue, 17 Jul, 2018