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Ireland was transformed as a society by the introduction of free second-level education almost 60 years ago. It enabled children to build careers based on the pen rather than the shovel but left in its wake an unhealthy focus on the third-level academic pathway through the CAO application system as the preferred option of most parents for their children.

by Brian Mooney

Local Fianna Fáil Minister of State, Deputy Robert Troy, has afforded his thoughts to the Athlone Advertiser this week as details of the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) Advisory Report on Senior Cycle Review were formally announced.

A new festive tradition began in Galway this week when a local clergy member hung a sandbag on her mantlepiece instead of a Christmas stocking, to raise awareness of the hunger crisis in flood-hit South Sudan.