Learning at the coalface – how young people view the education system

In the first part of our series on education in Ireland, Jennifer Horgan gets the views of six students on the school system in this country

After having spent a year out of education altogether due to bullying, Emma Heffernan moved to the Cork Life Centre in Cork City where she feels really supported. Picture: Jim Coughlan

Rumblings of educational reform in Ireland have been felt for well over a decade now. This week, in part one of a series on the education system in Ireland, Jennifer Horgan hears from the epicentre of the system, the students themselves.

Kacper Bogalecki moved from Poland to Ireland when he was 12 years old. He landed in an all-boys school, St Brendan’s College Killarney.