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Personal Creativity Competition for Disability Service Users Launched

By Ryan Harmon
Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Roderic O’Gorman TD, and Minister of State for Disabilities, Anne Rabbitte TD, have launched a ‘Personal Creativity Competition’ for disability service users. As part of the supports provided to adults with disabilities through the health and personal social service, people with disabilities are offered
Education News

€650,000 Funding for Library Supports for Marginalised, Socially Excluded and Disadvantaged Communities

By Ryan Harmon
Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys TD, and Minister of State with responsibility for Community Development and Charities, Joe O’Brien TD, have announced €650,000 in funding for library supports for marginalised, socially excluded and disadvantaged communities. The funding, under the Dormant Accounts Action Plan, is designed to assist libraries
Education Health News

Launch of Sexual Consent Online Learning Hub to Promote Education on Matter

By Ryan Harmon
Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris, and Minister of State at the Department of Justice, Hildegarde Naughton, have launched a new online learning hub to provide an integrated, publicly available resource on sexual consent awareness and consent learning resources. At the heart of this partnership will be a dedicated […]
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Trinity Names Artists to Create First Sculptures of Women for Old Library

By Ryan Harmon
Trinity College Dublin has awarded commissions to four artists to create four new sculptures bust portraits representing women scholars for display in the Long Room of the Old Library. The sculptures will represent the scientist Rosalind Franklin, the folklorist, dramatist and theatre-founder Augusta Gregory, the mathematician Ada Lovelace and the pioneering women’s rights
Education News

Common Travel Area Education Memorandum Established

By Ryan Harmon
Minister for Education Norma Foley TD and Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris TD welcomed UK Secretary of State for Education Gavin Williamson, CBE, MP to Dublin to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the Education Principles associated with the Common Travel Area. Following the departure of the […]
Education Health News

Staff and Students Urged to Join Pilot Rapid Testing Project on Four College Campuses

By Ryan Harmon
Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris, has urged staff and students to volunteer to be part of the pilot rapid testing project and other testing surveillance systems on college campuses. The project, called UniCoV, will conduct a large-scale analysis of testing technologies for Covid-19 surveillance and prevention in
Education News

Comhairle na nÓg Five Year Development Plan Launched

By Ryan Harmon
Roderic O’Gorman, T.D., Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth has launched the Comhairle na nÓg Five Year Development Plan at the annual Comhairle na nÓg Organisers Information Event. Comhairle na nÓg is the structure across Ireland’s 31 local authority areas that gives children and young people a voice in decision-making on government policy,