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02-09-2010

  • Our Geels - Our Day, All Ireland Traveller Health Study was launched today by the Minister for Health and Children, Mary Harney T.D. in Dublin Castle. Visit Pavee Point website for more information.

24-08-2010

  • Daisy Days - Aware is looking for volunteers to sell daisy pins at shopping centres and supermarkets around the country from the 16th to 18th September. Visit www.aware.ie for more information.

22-08-2010

  • Click here to view The TEACH Report - Traveller Adults and Education: Crisis, Challenge and Change by Niamh Hourigan and Maria Campbell.

18-08-2010

  • A report entitled "Emancipation of the Travelling People", by Micheál Mac Gréil, SJ was launched in July 2010. Click here to read about this report on attitudes and prejudices towards Travellers.
08-08-2010
  • The Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills, Mary Coughlan TD, has confirmed reform to the 'Cycle to Work' scheme for teachers and school staff. Click here for more details.

01-08-2010

  • The website www.travellerheritage.ie - the first online photo archive of Irish Travellers - now has several new sections including Music and Song; Research; Travellers Talking; and Culture and History.

16-07-2010

  • A repeat of Written Off will be broadcast on RTÉ One Television on Sunday mornings at 8.45am from the 18th of July. Written Off follows the journey of eight people from very different backgrounds as they take the first steps in addressing the various personal challenges they face with literacy skills.

12-07-2010

  • The Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills, Mary Coughlan TD, announced that she had agreed arrangements for a limited derogation from the general moratorium on the filling of promotion posts in schools... click here to find out more.

04-07-2010

  • Find out about National Adult Literacy Awareness Week, 6th-10th September, 2010 on the NALA website.

29-06-2010

23-06-2010

  • The TEACH Report - Traveller Adults and Education: Crisis, Challenge and Change by Niamh Hourigan and Maria Campbell was launched today by Senator Joe O’Toole at Buswells Hotel, Dublin. Click on the links to read about the report in today's Irish Independent and Irish Examiner.

22-06-2010

  • West Limerick Resources Ltd. wishes to recruit a Community Health Coordinator for the Traveller Community in West Limerick - click here to find out more.

13-06-2010

  • Visit www.writeon.ie - an interactive web site to help learners improve reading, writing and numbers skills.
  • Find out about a new FETAC Level 3 online course: Write on 4 work. Students will learn at their own pace with a tutor over the phone or work independently online. NALA will also post materials and students can use an interactive learning website. Click here to find out more.

13-06-2010

  • FETAC has revamped its website www.fetac.ie. Click here for instructions to finding popular items on the new site which relate to certification.

11-06-2010

09-06-2010

  • Project Maths involves the introduction of revised syllabuses for both Junior and Leaving Certificate Mathematics. It involves changes to what students learn in mathematics, how they learn it and how they will be assessed. Visit the Project Maths website for more information.

03-06-2010

31-05-2010

  • Minister Haughey opened the national seminar "Making your Education Plan Work Better for You: New Tools for Embedding Equality into Education Plans" in Dublin on 28th May, 2010. Click here to view the Press Release.

26-05-2010

19-05-2010

  • The Equality Authority, in collaboration with the IVEA, FESS and the Department of Education and Skills will host 'Mainstreaming Authority in the VEC Sector: New Tools for Embedding Equality into Education Plans, Programmes and Policy Making' on Friday 28th May. Click here for more information.

17-05-2010

  • Click here to access the current YouthArts News from the National Youth Council of Ireland.

14-05-2010

  • Galway County Traveller Interagency Group invites applications for the positions of Traveller Enterprise Development Worker and Traveller Employment Development Worker. visit www.activelink.ie to find out more.
  • The FÁS Work Placement Programme offers an alternative for people who have been unable to find paid work - click here to find out more.

10-05-2010

  • The Department of Applied Social Studies National University of Ireland Maynooth offers several programmes of professional education and training in youth and community work. Visit www.activelink.ie for more information.

04-05-2010

  • The Youth Arts Programme at The National Youth Council of Ireland wishes to recruit a Youth Arts Project Officer. Visit www.youtharts.ie to find out more.

04-05-2010

  • Mental health is something we all have and it is something we should take steps to protect in the same way we guard our physical health. Visit www.yourmentalhealth.ie to find out how to mind your mental health.

26-04-2010

  • Seán Haughey TD, Minister for Lifelong Learning today launched Northside Partnership's Traveller Education Week at Coolock Library on Dublin's northside... click here to read more.

23-04-2010

  • The HSE is advising parents to make sure that their children are vaccinated against measles following a rise in the number of cases of the disease in various parts of the country. In January 2010 there were 135 cases of measles in Ireland. Children and young people from the Traveller or Roma community are at particular risk - click here to read more.

16-04-2010

  • Visit a new website: MakingCents.ie The aim of this website is is to help people understand and learn about financial terms and procedures.

09-04-2010

  • Plans for an overhaul of VECs are to be put before the Cabinet within weeks, according to Education Minister Batt O'Keeffe. Visit www.learningireland.ie to find out more.

03-04-2010

  • There is a new bank of resources for adult literacy tutors and students in Dublin
    Dublin City Central Library -you can loan or view books there. For further information ring 01 8734333 or email centrallibrary@dublinclity.ie

26-03-2010

  • "The Turn of the Hand": A Memoir from the Irish Margins by Mary Warde can now be pre-ordered on www.amazon.ie. Alternatively contact Mary Warde for a copy of the book - email: marymoriarty@live.ie, phone: 0868230552 or send a cheque for €30 (incl P&P) to Mary Moriarty, 11 Lissadyra, Ballygaddy Rd., Tuam, Co. Galway.

16-03-2010

  • The love of music and how it impacts on people's lives has earned Carlow Education and Training Centre a prestigious Aontas Star Project Award. Click here to find out more.
  • The Further Education Support Service (FESS) has a new updated website www.fess.ie which now provides enhanced support to the Further Education Sector.
  • The Carlow Education and Training Centre has a new website: visit www.carlowetc.com

02-03-2010

  • Visit www.yourcountryyourcall.ie - Your Country, Your Call is a competition to ignite imaginations and inspire thinking. Click on the link to find out more.

20-02-2010

08-02-2010

  • SOSAD is a new charity aimed at increasing awareness of suicide in Ireland. If you would like to pay tribute to someone you have lost through suicide, contact info@sosadireland.ie. You can email a small photograph and some information on the special someone you have lost. SOSAD will then post this information on the website as a memorial.

23-01-2010

11-01-2010

  • The Sunday Independent (10th January 2010) published an article about Traveller women entitled: Young traveller women talk fashion, love, sex and reputations. Click here to read the article.

06-01-2010

  • Schools are to get free access to online versions of the popular Encyclopedia Britannica and World Book as part of an e-Learning initiative announced by the Minister for Education and Science, Batt O'Keeffe TD. Click here for more information.


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