Person: Mary Meaney

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Programme to give disabled access to college education

Third-level students with intellectual disabilities are to be given the opportunity to learn in the same space as the general student population.

Withdrawal of teachers disadvantaging rural schools

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Customers divided between loyalty and nerves over savings

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Shake-up of college governing bodies needed, says ESG

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Experts unite to plot course for business

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Secondary school makes desperate bid to survive as authorities threaten closure

Children ‘face same dilapidated conditions at third level’

CHILDREN in run-down schools will face the same problem in college unless Government investment at third level is dramatically improved, the head of the institutes of technology sector said yesterday.

Sat, 12 Apr, 2003

Children caught up in grim cycle

THE domino effect of children in today’s run-down schools having to face similar problems in college, makes for a dreary picture of Irish education.

Sat, 12 Apr, 2003

My champion dad deserved a lot better

I RECENTLY recently buried my dad, Mick Meaney, the world underground champion.

Mon, 10 Mar, 2003

O’Rourke backs ITs Seanad votes

THE Government is coming under pressure to extend Seanad election votes to graduates of the country’s institutes of technology and the two excluded universities.

Mon, 10 Feb, 2003

It’s make your mind up time on college courses

THOUSANDS of Leaving Cert, overseas and mature students are still making up their minds on college courses ahead of the Central Applications Office closing date on Saturday.

Thu, 30 Jan, 2003

One-third of building funds gone, say teachers

ALMOST one-third of the €343 million school building budget announced by Education Minister Noel Dempsey is effectively spent already, according to teachers.

Thu, 23 Jan, 2003

College fees ‘should be paid by well-off parents’

PEOPLE who can afford to pay college fees should be made to do so, according to the head of the country’s Institutes of Technology.

Wed, 22 Jan, 2003

Minister should heed expert advice

WITH debate raging on the politically explosive question of college fees, the Government’s move to re-introduce these highly controversial payments has prompted a further demand that people who can afford to pay them should be made do so.

Wed, 22 Jan, 2003