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# students - Tuesday 22 May, 2012

EGGED

Donegal group defends protest despite ‘egging’ of Taoiseach’s car

Tue, 12:56 PM 3,873 Views 75 Comments

The Taoiseach’s car was ‘egged’ while arriving to Loreto Community School in Milford yesterday.

# students - Sunday 20 May, 2012

Italy

Lone bomber suspected of carrying out Brindisi attack

Sun, 5:54 PM 1,430 Views 2 Comments

Yesterday’s explosion outside a school killed a 16-year-old girl and injured several students.

# students - Monday 14 May, 2012

Daily Fix This post contains videos

The Daily Fix: Monday

14/05/12 4,667 Views No Comments

Your essential roundup of the day’s big stories – plus any other bits and pieces you may have missed…

# students - Friday 11 May, 2012

From The Daily Edge NO CUDDLES

New Zealand school bans hugging

11/05/12 9,656 Views 67 Comments

No love is being spread at Upper Hutt school.

# students - Sunday 6 May, 2012

Falling Down

VIDEO: Students make direct appeal to Education Minister to fix their school

06/05/12 4,040 Views 20 Comments

Students at NewPark Comprehensive School in Dublin have been promised a new school building for years – but now it’s been delayed yet again. Now they’ve taken matters into their own hands.

# students - Thursday 3 May, 2012

China

Chinese culture and language course for Transition Year students

03/05/12 1,114 Views 19 Comments

The course will cover a number of topics such as Chinese food, Chinese music and school life in China, and students can also learn some words and phrases in Mandarin Chinese if they wish.

University

Want to go to Harvard? Now you can… online and for free

03/05/12 5,630 Views 16 Comments

Two of the world’s top universities have joined forces to offer course materials over the internet.

# students - Wednesday 2 May, 2012

Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis case confirmed at Griffith College in Dublin

02/05/12 6,310 Views 14 Comments

One case of TB has been confirmed at the Dublin 8 campus.

# students - Wednesday 25 April, 2012

Student Grants

High Court dismisses students’ appeal against third-level grant reforms

25/04/12 3,887 Views 34 Comments

Students whose grants were reformed last year are told the State’s economic problems trump their legitimate expectations.

# students - Thursday 5 April, 2012

Prejudice

Michael D Higgins hits out at racism and homophobia

05/04/12 2,811 Views 31 Comments

The President said the problems can cause violence and even lead to suicide among young people.

# students - Friday 9 March, 2012

9 At 9

The 9 at 9: Friday

09/03/12 2,998 Views 2 Comments

Nine things you should know this morning, including: Greece investors agree to bond swap; rise in UK students applying for Irish third-level courses; announcement of 50 new jobs for Dublin.

# students - Saturday 3 March, 2012

Opinion

Column: Reforming our relationship with food can start in schools

03/03/12 3,754 Views 18 Comments

Bodily wellbeing is a neglected subject in schools, writes UCD lecturer Frank Armstrong, even when it is a prime training ground for encouraging healthy lifelong habits.

# students - Tuesday 28 February, 2012

Train Fares

Iarnród Éireann reduces student intercity fares until April

28/02/12 2,165 Views 13 Comments

Iarnród Éireann is reducing the cost of intercity train travel for students by up to 47 per cent in some cases.

# students - Monday 20 February, 2012

Courts

High Court to hear arguments on reversing changes to college grants

20/02/12 1,447 Views No Comments

The High Court will hear arguments from students who say they had a legitimate expectation their grants would not be cut.

# students - Monday 13 February, 2012

Sexual Health

Three-quarters of students have had unprotected sex: survey

13/02/12 3,358 Views 18 Comments

HSE Crisis Pregnancy Programme acting director says that 18-24-year-old know the importance of contraception – but fail to use it consistently.

# students - Monday 6 February, 2012

College Fees

TD calls for instalment plan to help with student fees

06/02/12 2,036 Views 26 Comments

Fine Gael’s Alan Farrell said a monthly direct debit system would ease pressure on families.

# students - Monday 23 January, 2012

From The Daily Edge Google Doodle

Students compete to have doodle shown on Google Ireland homepage

23/01/12 3,619 Views 10 Comments

75 students from primary and secondary schools across Ireland have had their drawings chosen from almost 2,000 entries to this year’s competition.

# students - Sunday 15 January, 2012

Opinion

Column: Why we need career guidance counsellors – and why all the stereotypes are wrong

15/01/12 5,319 Views 51 Comments

“The double-jobbing teacher”, “the leaflet pusher” – student guidance counsellor Pamela O’Leary has heard all the stereotypes about her profession but says cuts to the service will hurt vulnerable children most.

# students - Wednesday 11 January, 2012

Science This post contains images

In pictures: Taoiseach opens this year’s Young Scientist Exhibition

11/01/12 2,113 Views 9 Comments

Enda Kenny officially declared this year’s Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition open this afternoon – check out these photos of some of the projects on display.

# students - Thursday 5 January, 2012

From Business ETC Careers This post contains videos

Careers clinic: How I got an internship with a social media campaign

05/01/12 3,141 Views 5 Comments

Irish student Stephen Cleary has just earned a place at Adidas’s marketing HQ in Amsterdam thanks to his social media campaign.

# students - Thursday 29 December, 2011

Education

Education minister welcomes students’ report on Junior Cert reform

29/12/11 1,980 Views 11 Comments

The Irish Second Level Student’s Union sent a report to Education and Skills Minister, Ruairí Quin, on the proposed changes to the current Junior Certificate examination system.

# students - Wednesday 7 December, 2011

Budget 2012 This post contains images

Winners and losers of Budget 2012: In pictures

07/12/11 4,474 Views 3 Comments

There was plenty at stake in the austere Budget presented by Brendan Howlin and Michael Noonan over the past two days. This slideshow will fill you in…

# students - Monday 5 December, 2011

Daily Fix

The Daily Fix: Monday

05/12/11 3,922 Views No Comments

In tonight’s Fix: All the latest from the Budget; good news for Ryan Tubridy; and the world’s Christmas capital (which you’ve never heard of…)

Budget12

Budget postgraduate cuts ‘will push more onto the dole’, say students

05/12/11 2,665 Views 6 Comments

Maintenance grants will be axed for postgrad students – who have warned the move could end up costing more in welfare benefits.

# students - Friday 2 December, 2011

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The Daily Fix: Friday

02/12/11 3,079 Views 4 Comments

Catch upon the day’s biggest stories as well as the bits and pieces you may have missed…

# students - Tuesday 22 November, 2011

Opinion

Column: Cutting grants isn’t just bad for students – it’s bad for Ireland

22/11/11 2,829 Views 21 Comments

The boom taught us the danger of ignoring inconvenient truths, writes Miles Link – so what are we doing with cuts to the universities?

# students - Monday 21 November, 2011

Grants

Quinn refuses to rule out blanket cull of postgraduate grants

21/11/11 1,936 Views 28 Comments

Ruairí Quinn admits the Budget will be so tough that a blanket cut to postgraduate student grants “cannot be ruled out”.

# students - Thursday 17 November, 2011

Fees

USI denies ‘collusion’ with Gardaí to stop ‘Occupy University’ protest

17/11/11 3,815 Views 40 Comments

A student group affiliated to the Occupy movement claims USI and Gardaí combined to stop them from joining yesterday’s rally.

# students - Wednesday 16 November, 2011

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In pics: Third-level students march in free fees protest

16/11/11 5,028 Views 69 Comments

Gorillas, Pinocchio and dogs make an appearance at a colourful – but angry – protest against any potential reintroduction of fees.

Opinion

Column: Time to end this ridiculous student fees stalemate

16/11/11 3,627 Views 49 Comments

Neither side is helping in the debate around college fees – and young people are the losers, writes former student union official Ian Power.

Students

Thousands of students expected to march against fees

16/11/11 1,832 Views 16 Comments

A march is to take place in Dublin today where students and families will descend on Government buildings to protest against the possible re-introduction of third-level fees.

# students - Monday 14 November, 2011

Winning Singing

President watches Wesley win all-island school choir contest

14/11/11 514 Views No Comments

Final of choral competition becomes one of President Higgins’s first official engagements.

# students - Sunday 13 November, 2011

PostGrads

Students’ union condemns Govt proposal to abolish postgraduate grants

13/11/11 1,672 Views 44 Comments

Following this morning’s reports that all financial supports for new postgraduate students will be abolished, the Union of Students of Ireland has called for large attendances at a protest on Wednesday.

# students - Tuesday 8 November, 2011

Points Race

Report expected to make the case for capping places in college

08/11/11 683 Views 20 Comments

Ruairí Quinn is set to receive a report outlining the need for student numbers to be capped in order to avoid the return of fees.

9 At 9

The 9 at 9: Tuesday

08/11/11 2,685 Views 6 Comments

Nine things to know this morning…

# students - Tuesday 1 November, 2011

Third Level Fees

Students brand government ‘liars’ over tuition fee promises

01/11/11 984 Views 27 Comments

The Union of Students in Ireland has launched a new campaign to prevent further increases in college fees.

9 At 9

The 9 at 9: Tuesday

01/11/11 2,817 Views 7 Comments

Nine things you need to know this morning….

# students - Monday 31 October, 2011

Science

Science students pick up prize for fuel project

31/10/11 687 Views 13 Comments

Two third year students from Co Waterford won the top prize at SciFest@Intel 2011 for their project, which converts plastic into the fuel source crude oil.

# students - Tuesday 25 October, 2011

From The Score Done And Dusted

Shamrock Rovers clinch league title with dramatic late, late winner

25/10/11 400 Views 3 Comments

Michael O’Neill’s side retain their League of Ireland crown thanks to a Dean Kelly strike, deep in injury time. And in the First Division, Shels back in the big time.

From The Score Hoop Dreams

Let’s play ball: Rovers’ trip to Belfield gets the go-ahead

25/10/11 137 Views No Comments

Michael O’Neill’s Hoops will clinch the title again… if they win against UCD.

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Poll: Are you satisfied with your quality of life?

A NEW REPORT from the OECD has suggested people living in Ireland have some of the best lives in the world, with Ireland among the top countries in its Better Life Index.

The index finds that life expectancy, low pollution, positive experiences and a healthy work-life balance are among the factors that contribute to happy lives in Ireland.

It did note, however, that the gap between the rich and poor is wider in Ireland than elsewhere, while the gender gap in educational performance is also larger than average.

Today we’re simply wondering whether (assuming you live in Ireland) you’re satisfied with your quality of life.


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Being proud to be Irish is sometime looked on as a social gaffe, writes Lisa McInerney, but that’s not always fair… and it’s not always the best way to figure out who really is racist…

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