Starting college: ‘The social life, making new friends, new connections, the education’
New horizon beckons for teenager who hails from DRC but has progressed from St Aidan’s Community School in Tallaght
Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Dún Laoghaire
‘Even the canteen lady knew my name at the PLC college. Everybody is so close-knit’
Lana Dowling was ‘lost’ for a long time in secondary school, but PLC courses proved a huge help in building her future
Phyllis (Phyl) McDonald: Champion of active retirement and promoter of adult education
Her grandchildren often asked what she did all day as a child without computer games or technology
College open days 2025/26: Key details for NCI, NCAD, technological universities and other institutions
What to know and what to expect at open days around the country
‘We are sleeping in cars and serial couch-surfing’: Dublin students appeal to homeowners to rent out rooms
UCD students’ union takes to streets to tell public they can earn up to €14,000 tax-free under rent-a-room scheme
‘I love gowns, volume and a lot of drama’: Meet the young Irish designer creating outfits for CMAT and Chappell Roan
‘I love gowns, opera coats, a lot of volume and a lot of drama,’ says Oran O’Reilly, aka Oran Aurelio
Inside Ireland’s music festival industry: ‘You can haemorrhage money very quickly’
For promoters, there are risks, tight margins and pinch points. Still, as the summer season begins, optimism prevails
Teacher staffing crisis requires more than measures on permanent contracts, TUI delegates told
Spiral of growing teacher workload and stress ‘unsustainable’, says union general secretary Michael Gillespie
Measles case reported at Dublin art college in second HSE alert in two days
Staff and students have been warned to be vigilant about symptoms following possible exposure last week
‘Where I come from, people don’t do medicine. It’s not on your radar’: how a new generation of doctors is being trained
Lower tuition fees and living costs in Derry are attracting more medical students from diverse backgrounds across the island
Grade inflation falls at Irish universities following concern over integrity of degrees
Fewer students awarded first-class degrees but proportion of high achievers is 40% higher than in 2015
Macquarie keen to grow Irish business amid bumper results
Boom in commodity prices pushed net profits at Australian group to €3.1bn last year
Macquarie in €250m universities deal
Australian bank leads consortium providing six new third-level buildings
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