It doesn’t look like a courtroom at all. It’s rather like a galvanised shed. Such is the first impression when you walk into the Mahon Tribunal as the MA Journos did last year, on class assignment. We were there at 10am for a 10.30 start, perhaps a little late for a tribunal which began in [...]
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Hassle in the Castle
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bertie, courtroom, dublin castle, flood tribunal, mahon tribunal, opinion, politics, public gallery, thoughts, tribunal of inquiry into certain planning matters and p on September 16, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Granny Palin?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged American elections, bristol or sarah poll, bristol palin, governor of alaska, Granny Palin, latest republican rumour, McCain, Palin, palin pregnancy poll, politics, poll, pregnancy, rumours, sarah palin, trig palin, VP on August 31, 2008 | 8 Comments »
So apparently the latest rumours being mongered around involve the claim that McCain’s VP, Sarah Palin, isn’t the mother of her last child but in fact its gran. The Internet says that the Alaskan governer didn’t look pregnant and that her daughter was out of school “with mono”. Simple aritmathic tells you the rest I [...]
I can see the ‘Fee-na Fail’ placards already. Sigh.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 3rd level fees, batt o'keeffe, CAO, college fees, debate, deficit, education, fees, grant thresholds, in support of 3rd level fees, irish universities, leaving certificate, maintenance grants, minister for education, opinion, points, politics, private school, pro-fees, public school, student politics, tuition fees, UCD, USI on August 12, 2008 | 8 Comments »
Education is a privilege that’s taken on the guise of a right around here.
In June, just over 53,000 students sat the Leaving Certificate.
The CAO has received a record 68,000 applications this year.
18,000 of those are made up of people moving over from FETAC courses and mature students.
That leaves you with 50,000 out of a possible [...]
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