Fewer Irish speakers according to Census 2016
Recent figures released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) in November this year show that the number of people speaking Irish is declining. Information gathered […]
Education
Video: DIT Societies launch Xmas Appeal
Daniel Osborne & Conor Shields look at the good work being done by DIT Societies to raise money for charity this Christmas
Access to music education on the rise
In 2016, then Taoiseach Enda Kenny pledged to have music education accessible to every young person in Ireland within the next five years. That might have […]
No need for €1,000 student fee increase
Calls from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (PER) to increase third level fees by at least €1,000 appear unjustified when recent university figures […]
Number of students receiving grants up almost 19,000 since 2013
The number of third-level students that have received financial grants over the past five years has risen by 18,778 in Ireland. According to figures provided […]
Learning on the job?
The low number of apprentices remains a legacy of Ireland’s economic crash, as Eimear Dodd learns