Changes to university admissions in Ireland should not disadvantage potential students from north of the border, the education minister said today.

Multimillion-pound funding to extend and renovate an all-Ireland autism centre is not available this year, the education minister maintained today.

EDUCATION Minister Batt O’Keeffe and his counterpart in the North, Caitríona Ruane, are expected to get into heated exchanges today over her claims that he has jeopardised a cross-border project for children with autism.