[…]KC, Grainne Murphy KC, Nick Reilly BL, and his good friends and USI cornerstones, Alistair Rutherdale BL and Peter O’Neill. Throughout his life, Stephen remained loyal to his crewmates, composing letters and notes on bereavements and marriages, hiding his gentle nature behind a gruff, professorial manner that we could all see through. Those who followed him will remember him as a wise and patient mentor. And he was a gracious and attentive host, delighting in showing old colleagues around his adopted Prague in the months after the Velvet Revolution, eagerly pointing out the ‘blight of encroaching capitalism’ in the form […]
[…]from the sale of the gloves will go to two charities. 50% of the profit will go to Aware NI and the other 50% will go to the Rainbow Project. Ruairí Mooney, who helped create the Share the gLove initiative and is a student who plays Gaelic football for Eoghan Rua, Coleraine said: “This initiative will help everyone to feel accepted and welcome into the GAA community. The Share the gLove campaign will aim to use the high profile platform that GAA sports provides to show solidarity and support for LGBT+ players and fans. Share the gLove provides an open […]
[…]Britain votes to leave the EU and more visa and border controls come into play.” The Erasmus is the world’s most successful student exchange programme, established in 1987 and now operating in 34 countries. The Erasmus programme is growing in popularity – according to the European commission, there were 1,817 Irish students who completed the Erasmus in 2007/2008 and that number grew to 2,972 in 2013/2014. The HEA have a target of 50,000 Irish students to study in Europe by 2020. According to Europa.eu, 64% of employers consider an international experience important for recruitment. On average 92% are looking for […]
[…]an income contingent loan scheme, despite the obvious and unfair burden placed on students and their families. The message is loud and clear to future students: take your €20,000 debt, your degree, and get out”. Mr Kerrigan went on to say, “Senators across parties declared publicly funded higher education as something we should strive for. It’s time our Government put their money where their mouth is and make the commitment to publicly invest now. Senators from Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael asked for patience with the Joint Committee on Education and Skills to come to a conclusion and publish […]
[…]dignity of person, self-determination, security and parity of esteem as all other peoples in the world today. That a boycott of Israel’s entire regime of oppression, including all of the Israeli companies and institutions that are involved in its violations of international law, is a reasonable non-violent activity that can be taken to register opposition to such crimes. That the Palestinian led BDS campaign does not target anyone or anything based on identity, but rather based solely on complicity in denying Palestinian rights and that BDS is a strategy for effective solidarity, not a dogma or ideology and certainly not […]
