The Postgraduate Workers' Organisation of Ireland believes that postgraduate researchers are being exploited to make up for the chronic underfunding of the higher education system

Scotland’s Susie Manson was crowned the 2015 Blue Jean Country Queen in Athboy, Co Meath, at the end of a hugely exciting Macra na Feirme festival weekend.

Blue Jean Country Queens from across the country, and from overseas, will be under the spotlight in Athboy, Co Meath, this bank holiday weekend, as the 28th annual festival gets under way.