Help for our brightest - Cutting grant is a travesty

THE Government’s stubborn propensity to take the wrong budgetary option time and again is graphically illustrated by the latest cutback in education.

To save less than €100,000, hundreds of the country’s brightest children could miss out on special classes to hone their talents.

Set up 15 years ago, the Centre for Talented Youth in Ireland has been invaluable for fine-tuning the academic gifts of some of our brightest young people.