Category: Education
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AN TAISCE GREEN SCHOOLS PACK SHOULD BE WITHDRAWN IMMEDIATELY
IFA President Joe Healy said the Green Schools teacher resource pack, produced by An Taisce, which encourages students to eat less meat and dairy and which promotes veganism should be withdrawn immediately. “The appropriateness of An Taisce’s involvement in the Green Schools programme should also be reviewed by the Department of Education and Science,” he…
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New FF policy will make apprenticeships attractive, accessible, and affordable – Cahill
22nd March 2019 Fianna Fáil TD for Tipperary Jackie Cahill says a new policy aimed at modernising the apprenticeship system will make apprenticeships in Ireland attractive, accessible and affordable. The document was launched earlier this week. Deputy Cahill said, “This policy puts forward a number of proposals which will make apprenticeships a more attractive…
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ICMSA President Pat McCormack presents four John Feely Scholarships to students attending agricultural college
“ICMSA President Pat McCormack presents four €1,500 John Feely Scholarships to students attending agricultural college” Cathal Sheedy, Bandon, Co. Cork, Tommy Conroy, Dundalk, Co. Louth, Tommy Cunniffe, Ballinsloe, Co. Galway and Diarmuid Collier, Thurles, Co. Tipperary.
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Double celebrations for Moyne student at recent graduation ceremony
It was double celebrations for Moyne student, David Broderick recently as he graduated from Limerick Institute of Technology and was also presented with the Tipperary Energy Agency Award. At a graduation ceremony on November 16th, David was conferred with a Bachelor of Science (Honours) Environmental and Natural Resource Management. He was also presented with the…
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TYRAs Awards Day at Thurles Library
On Saturday 16 February Thurles Library was proud to host the first ever presentation ceremony of The Tipperary Young Readers Awards. This initiative is part of our Right to Read campaign and involved 6th Class pupils from schools around the county taking part in a reading challenge that promotes not only reading but also critical…
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“SUSI Applications deadlines are almost upon us,” Mattie McGrath
Independent TD Mattie McGrath has urged all potential Third Level students and their families to be aware of the closing dates for the Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI) grant applications. Deputy McGrath went on to note that the priority closing dates for Renewal Applications for the 2018/2019 academic year are Thursday 14th June 2018 –andThursday…
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Families of 3rd level students being placed under severe financial pressure due to rising rents – Cahill
Tipperary TD, Jackie Cahill has said that the parents of 3rd level students are being placed under severe financial pressure as a result of rocketing accommodation prices in cities across the country. “We’re now coming towards the end of the 2017/18 academic year, and the parents of 3rd level students have been forking out large sums of…
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Kelly’s Concern For Tipperary School Projects Following Bruton’s Announcement
‘I was very surprised at the recent announcement of 42 new primary and secondary schools by the Minister for Education. While all new schools are welcome, my concern relates to the fact that they are overwhelmingly in the greater Dublin area and have projected timelines that look like they will cut across current projects that…
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Baffling that 5 Tipp Town schools not included in DEIS programme for disadvantaged schools – Cahill
Baffling that 5 Tipp Town schools not included in DEIS programme for disadvantaged schools – Cahill – Issue to be raised in Dáil Éireann to get answers – Tipperary TD, Jackie Cahill has said that it is baffling so many schools, including five in County Tipperary, have been excluded from the Department of Education’s DEIS…
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Kelly welcomes new facilities at Clonmore NS
Tipperary TD, Alan Kelly, has welcomed the opening of new facilities in Clonmore NS. Kelly who has supported the project since 2014 when in Government, has praised the “special day” for the school in Clonmore. “Always a great sense of satisfaction when a project you support and get funding for is completed and that’s especially…