Alex Greaney To help support students that have been suspended from school, or are at risk of suspension, youth organisation YMCA Dublin has officially launched its Alternative Suspension Service, at…
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Rachel Cunningham Student groups disrupted an address by climate minister Eamon Ryan’s in Trinity College Dublin last week to demand an extension of the eviction ban. Last Thursday, Extinction Rebellion,…
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Thousands of students across third level colleges and institutions of further education in Dublin faced into unprecedented shortage of accommodation last Autumn and many returned to classes this week still faced with the…
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Trinity College Dublin encouraged its students to bring their own face masks to lectures, classes and libraries, as cases of Covid-19 and influenza continue to rise. Last Friday, January 20,…
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Dublin Local MattersGeneral News
Funding will help Dublin students with cost of living pressures
by Rose Barrettby Rose BarrettStudents from Dublin will receive funding to help with cost-of-living challenges and essential purchases from new funding announced by Minister Simon Harris last Friday. The Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research,…
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Dublin Local MattersGeneral News
Dublin schools face crisis due to teacher shortage
by Rose Barrettby Rose BarrettDublin has been seriously hit by schools unable to recruit new teaching or substitute staff – and it’s all down to the ever-increasing cost of accommodation to rent or to…
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A project which saw almost 100 Balbriggan students devise innovative ways to tackle local problems digitally, has been shortlisted for a major award. Last October, Transition Year students from three…
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Rose Barrett Around 2,000 Irish students were tasked with coming up with Big Ideas to tackle five of Ireland’s biggest issues – climate change, mental health, the housing crisis, healthcare…
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Baldoyle students impress in BOI Money Smarts Challenge
by Rose Barrettby Rose BarrettRose Barrett It’s been a busy few months for St Mary’s Secondary School which recently won an award for the best social media posts in the Bank of Ireland sponsored…
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Two Dublin students are among a group enrolled in a unique training course set up to combat a major national shortage of white goods repair technicians. Gavin Kelleher from Pearse…