Jennifer Horgan: Is it time to rethink the kind of success we celebrate in Ireland?
'Young people aren’t stupid. They pick up on what our education system really values: financial success'
'My son has just finished his Junior Cycle. Already he tells me that the system wants him to get points because the higher his points the more money he will make.' File picture
Jennifer Horgan is a teacher, poet and columnist living in Cork City. Her areas of interest include justice, arts and culture, gender equality and care.
If you haven't heard of Eoghan McCabe, he’s the Dublin-born CEO in the news this month for signing an agreement allowing Salesforce to acquire Fin, his tech company, for a cool $3.6bn. It is the largest-ever deal involving an Irish-founded tech company — an indisputable ‘success’ story.
On his website he describes growing up a “shy” boy in Dublin. He went on to study at Trinity — a successful education by any measure.
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