aonaran:

“Schools with one to four teachers with less than 86 pupils are to be reviewed, according to new guidelines from the Minister for Education, Ruairí Quinn. These schools are being asked to look at their amalgamation options also.

“This could mean that up to 90% of Gaeltacht schools could be amalgamated or closed. In the Gaeltacht areas that is 26 schools from 41 in Galway, 21 out of 24 in Mayo, in Donegal 31 from 42, in Waterford 2 from 3, 13 out of 14 in Kerry and three out of six in Cork. That is 96 0ut of 110 Gaeltacht schools in total”, according to Senator Trevor Ó Clochartaigh. ”

marxandsparks:

I hate Gove

IT’S NOT LIKE WE’VE RUINED THEIR CHANCES ENOUGH WITH A THREE-FOLD INCREASE IN FEES. LET’S MAKE SURE THEY CAN’T GET IN. PARTICULARLY THOSE PESKY WORKING-CLASS STUDENTS IN AREAS WHERE LESS FUNDS AND RESOURCES ARE GIVEN, ENSURING LESS OPPORTUNITY AND LESS ENCOURAGEMENT IN EDUCATION WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANT IT. LET’S RUIN IT MORE BY TELLING YOU WHOSE BEST AND TELL SOCIETY WHICH STUDENTS ARE THE MOTHERFUCKING UNDERACHIEVERS. YAAAAAR UK POLICY.

Catholic schools in Northern Ireland are to be offered visits by the police in an attempt to overcome traditional barriers between them. It is hoped that the initiative will ultimately lead to more Catholic recruits joining the PSNI (‘Police Service of Nothern Ireland’)…

Traditionally, particularly during the Troubles, relations between young Catholics and police have been difficult in some areas of Northern Ireland.

The Patten initiative on policing reform was aimed at creating a service acceptable to all sections of the community and addressing religious imbalance by encouraging more Catholics to sign up.

It is understood that just over 100 schools in priority areas such as Fermanagh, Londonderry, north and west Belfast, and some parts of Tyrone will be targeted first.

It is expected there may be resistance to police visits in some areas but the Catholic council has told schools it fully backed a greater police presence in Catholic schools.

CCMS chief executive Jim Clarke described the visits as “a future-focussed initiative”.

“Policing is part of the normalisation of society and what we have got to do in Northern Ireland is make the so-called abnormal, normal for us and this initiative is part of that,” he said.

Normalisation in an occupied territory is cancerous.
Everything about this initiative is pathetic.

seanmacdiarmada:

Protesters are holding a sit-in at a university over plans to charge future students from across the UK £27,000 in tuition fees.

On Tuesday, the University of Strathclyde said its governing body had approved fees of £9,000 a year for students from England, Northern Ireland and Wales, capped at £27,000 for four-year courses, from the 2012/13 academic year.

The fees do not apply to Scottish-domiciled students.

 

A spokesman for the demonstrators said around 40 students had come from universities across Scotland, including Glasgow, Strathclyde, Glasgow Caledonian, Edinburgh and St Andrews, to stage the sit-in at Strathclyde in Glasgow.

It follows a similar occupation last week at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (formerly the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama) after it announced its intention to introduce £36,000 fees for students from the rest of the UK (RUK), and a 36-hour occupation at the University of Edinburgh in September in protest against its decision to set RUK fees at the same level.

A spokesman for the protesters said: “The introduction of fees and continuing cuts are an attack on the values of free education that Scotland has always prided itself on, we will continue to fight cuts in education and fight wider Government austerity plans.

“Disruption will continue and escalate as long as universities continue to pass on Government cuts. The student movement did not end with the introduction of fees for English students, we will continue to fight and we will win.”

A spokeswoman for the University of Strathclyde said: “A small number of protesters are holding a sit-in in one of the university’s administration buildings. The impact is localised and the university is working to minimise disruption.”

Meanwhile, Edinburgh Napier University has announced that it has set fees of £6,500 a year for RUK students.

It means a full-time four-year honours degree at the university would cost students from England, Wales and Northern Ireland £26,000.

la1ka:

seanmacdiarmada:

aonaran:

tiocfaidharlulz:

Completely unsurprising, but still. He’s shown himself rightfully so to be the massive fucking gobshite we all knew he was.

Oh hey, lets have another ‘protest’. 

Everyone shout….NOW!

Mexican wave, woooooooo!

STAY OFF THE ROAD.

FUCKERY

Confused as to the sarcasm above.

lol wait, is that…in support of Porter? 

I was assuming it was sarcastic towards Porter, like his poor attempts at protests where he just gets people in one place and then makes them like… blow whistles and then go home or some shit. But when you turn round and do something like a roadblock or an occupation, he’s like OH GOD DON’T DO THAT, THAT’S VERY RADICAL. Am I wrong? :( How could anyone defend the lad?