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The third Traveller to be awarded a PhD in the history of the State, Dr Hannagh McGinley (Lecturer in Education at Mary Immaculate College) sees herself as a living example to other Travellers as to what can be achieved in education. Her example, however, bucks the trend of poor Traveller education retention rates, ingrained, although typically unconscious, discrimination against Travellers and a mutual misunderstanding between the community and the education system.

CruinnTeo offer an intensive three-week Leaving Cert Irish course (June 4 to 21 2024) for students entering fifth year or sixth year in September 2024. Daily classes at the University of Galway from 10am to 1pm will be delivered to a maximum of two class groups, and early reservation is advised.

Inis Meáin will celebrate the blackberry harvest this Saturday with Féile na bPuiteachaí, a festival named for the islanders’ unique Irish word, puiteachaí, which is used on Inis Meáin instead of the more commonly heard word for blackberries, sméara dubha.

Following their sold-out tour earlier this year, The White Horse Guitar Club are back on the road again for a second spin - the ‘Wide River’ Irish tour - and a new single, ‘Cash on the Barrelhead’.

The Athlone-based State Examinations Commission (SEC) has confirmed that the 2023 junior certificate results will be available to candidates from their respective schools on Wednesday, October 18.

Bridge Mills Galway Language Centre, a Department of Education recognised training institute now in its 37th year of business, is a quality school with Cambridge Exams Centre recognition and EAQUALS, Quality English, ACELS and QQI accreditation.

A joint study, led by the University of Greenwich with support from University of Galway, Massey University, and Brighton and Sussex Medical School, has collected anecdotal experiences of sexual misconduct in post-primary schools in Ireland and the UK.

Springboard courses are part of a fantastic government initiative which offer free or heavily subsidised courses at certificate, degree and masters level, aimed at graduates, the unemployed, employed or those wanting to start their own business. Most of the Springboard courses are 1 year or less but there are some 2 year masters.

The benefits of a career in the public service have been highlighted this week with the news that Mayo County Council and public service local providers around the county such as the HSE, are to commence providing apprenticeships in order for people to train in the various roles on offer as civil servants.

A new Irish-language company has launched an initiative that promises to have people communicating in Irish within six weeks, and all without leaving their couch.