A new system of Leaving Certificate grades — each 10% apart — is the most likely to be formally proposed to Education Minister Ruairi Quinn soon as part of a plan to ease pressures on students chasing points for college.

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A mammoth research project is seeking to trace descendants of 250,000 signatories to a pre-famine petition showing their appreciation for an English lord.

A new study has raised “serious concern” at the prevalence of suicidal thoughts among secondary school children.

Universities have breached recession-era staff pay caps by over €8m since the end of the Celtic Tiger boom.

The country’s highest-earning academics have snubbed a request by Education Minister Ruairi Quinn to take a voluntary pay cut to benefit the State.

CARDINAL Tomas Ó Fiaich claimed Margaret Thatcher lectured him on the North as she accused hunger strikers of “demonstrating virility”, state papers have revealed.

Eight students from NUI Maynooth have occupied the constituency office of Fine Gael TD Anthony Lawlor to highlight their fear that student maintenance grants may be cut in next week's Budget.

THE Aviva Stadium and more than 30 other architectural wonders have been toppled by a tent-like structure which shelters Limerick’s historic Milk Market.

Garda ombudsman has received 12 complaints arising out of the policing of the midweek student demonstration in Dublin.

Militant groups were tonight accused of hijacking a massive student demonstration in Dublin marred by violence.

A RESEARCHER in NUI Maynooth is developing a revolutionary treatment for tinnitus, winning the Enterprise Ireland “One to Watch” Award 2010.

A new Centre for Conflict Intervention is to be set up at NUI Maynooth to honour the late Senator Ted Kennedy.

Cycling legend Sean Kelly joined Ministers Noel Dempsey and Ciarán Cuffe to announce the details of Bike Week 2010 today.

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THE country’s top colleges GAA official has blasted claims that the timing of third-level competitions are the primary sources of burnout in football and hurling.

TEACHING methods being developed by colleges in the midwest could help reverse flagging interest in maths and science subjects among Leaving Certificate students.

HIGHER Education Authority (HEA) figures indicate the southeast region is suffering from an ongoing “brain drain”, a lobby group claimed yesterday.

Around 100 cancer survivors, family and friends will gather in Dublin today for a conference to mark World Lymphoma Awareness Day.

THE Government must move immediately to extend the right to vote for higher education Seanad members to graduates of all third level colleges, students said yesterday.

FOUL play is not suspected following the death of a mature student who fell ill after being questioned by gardaí.

A post mortem is due to be carried out today on the body of a 29-year-old mature student who died after falling ill while in garda custody in Co Kildare yesterday morning.

MANY powerful people are, at long last, waking up to the real threat being posed to the world by global warming and consequent climate change. No matter how serious a situation is, human nature remains the same — we don’t start to act until a crisis arises.

FORMER Russian prime minister Yegor Gaidar complained about feeling ill hours before he was rushed to hospital, it emerged yesterday.

The condition of a former Russian Prime Minister who was allegedly poisoned while in Ireland last week is reported to be improving.

DR COLMÁN ETCHINGHAM of NUI Maynooth asks why rural communities should be subjected to the construction of wind generators? (Irish Examiner letters, November 18).

THE Government is to establish a national trust to safeguard the future of stately homes and heritage buildings, Taoiseach Bertie Ahern announced last night.

THE structural causes behind poverty must be urgently addressed in the upcoming social partnership discussions, it was warned yesterday.

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IRISH universities are becoming increasingly involved in research sponsored by some of the world’s largest arms companies, a report to be published today reveals.