‘Sacrificial lambs’ of education saved by volte-face
The ancient central American civilisation’s highly sophisticated 5,125-year calendar runs out four days before next Christmas, prompting various New Age freaks and weirdos to prepare for the destruction of the Earth on that date.
But this fast lane to desolation was not quick enough for Education Minister Ruairi Quinn, who wanted disadvantaged children to face an earlier educational apocalypse by removing 428 teachers from their classrooms in September.