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
CSO figures reveal Irish women are better educated than men
Latest census figures reveal that women in Ireland are better educated than men, as 43.2 percent of women aged 15 and over received third-level education […]
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 […]
10.5% percent of SUSI grants refused in 2017
Just over 90,000 students received a college grant between January 2017 and September 2017 according to figures released by Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI). Figures […]