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28 May

Pat, Ella, Brian and Mike Fitzpatrick would like to thank our …

An article about Mary Hanafin seen on ballymore.blogspot.com

Certain Ministers, such as Mary Hanafin, may find that Minister Cowen has quite a long memory and will be in no mood to reward people who he feels have in the past hung some of Fianna Fail’s laundry out to dry in full view of the public ... Continue reading »

18 May

Emergency shelter project wins Young Scientist

An article about Mary Hanafin seen on science.ie

Her project “Research and Development of Emergency Sandbag Shelters” was announced the winner by Minister for Education and Science Mary Hanafin and Chris Clark, Chief Executive of BT Ireland.... Continue reading »

Kevin Myers: “It’s down to us to halt curse that is the Lisbon Treaty”

An article about Mary Hanafin seen on eire.nihilisten.com

And I’m not exaggerating: Mary Hanafin actually said that unless the European project was fully realised, the alternative was another Auschwitz: an echo of the same idiocy that was uttered across the chancelleries of Europe after the ... Continue reading »

09 May

Adhmhaidin: Dé hAoine 09 Bealtaine 2008

An article about Mary Hanafin seen on rte.ie/rnag/adhmhaidin.html

An tAire Gnóthaí Sóisialacha & Teaghlaigh Máire Ní Ainifín (Mary Hanafin) ag tabhairt a dearcadh ar a cuid cúramaí nua sa Rialtas.... Continue reading »

30 Apr

Apartheid in schools

An article about Mary Hanafin seen on michaelcommane.blogspot.com

According to Minister for Education Mary Hanafin, some schools with few “newcomer” or special needs pupils could use this perception of elitism to recruit more pupils. And parents cannot be absolved of blame. In a recent address, ... Continue reading »

Minister for Education Defends Corporations’ Right to Target …

An article about Mary Hanafin seen on peoplebeforeprofitdse.wordpress.com

In response to a letter from Senator Joe O’ Toole, Minister for Education and Science, Mary Hanafin refuses to restrict commercial advertising in Irish schools. Fianna Fail- ever the friend of big business interests ... Continue reading »

25 Apr

Carrigaline Educate Togher School Gets Go-Ahead for September 2008!

An article about Mary Hanafin seen on carrigalineeducatetogether.ie

The Minister for Education and Science, Mary Hanafin TD has today approved the establishment of 12 new Educate Together primary schools to open in September this year. These new schools represent the largest annual increase in the ... Continue reading »

24 Apr

Tough questions from Kilmeade pupils!

An article about Mary Hanafin seen on kildare-nationalist.ie

IF education minister Mary Hanafin plans to spend a lifetime in politics, then she has made a good start. The minister, who was visiting Scoil Ide Naofa, Kilmeade last week, must surely have guaranteed herself at least 213 votes from ... Continue reading »

22 Apr

Myers in Sensible Mode

An article about Mary Hanafin seen on irish-lawyer.com/journal

Mary Hanafin actually said that unless the European project was fully realised, the alternative was another Auschwitz. Merely because the Shinners were pockmarked savages with the blood of thousands of innocents on their hands in the ... Continue reading »

20 Apr

You can take the teacher out the school but….

An article about Mary Hanafin seen on 73man.blogspot.com

As soon as the funeral service [for Paddy Hillery] ended, Minister for Education Mary Hanafin made a beeline across St Fintan's cemetery to a group of school students who had been in attendance. She began to interrogate them, ... Continue reading »

Hanafin urged to “get off the fence” during testy Dáil debate on WIT

An article about Mary Hanafin seen on munster-express.ie

Education Minister Mary Hanafin was urged to “get off the fence” on the great WIT question.... Continue reading »

19 Apr

Do you know who’s teaching your child?

An article about Mary Hanafin seen on paddybloggit.com

Education Minister Mary Hanafin has admitted that there are no procedures in place to check the backgrounds of as many as 1000 untrained substitute teachers in primary and secondary schools. She said that it was up to each board of ... Continue reading »

15 Apr

Education is the Test

An article about Mary Hanafin seen on eastmeath.org/blog

Education Minister Mary Hanafin was last night accused of breaking her promise to cut class sizes as it emerged that the number of pupils in classes of 20 or below is falling. I think this statement is 100% factual. ... Continue reading »

10 things I hate about my job

An article about Mary Hanafin seen on paddybloggit.com

Support Programme) advsiors, SDP (School Development Planning) advisors etc. who are bluffing their way through their respective jobs! Mary Hanafin and her likes - they have an agenda that is not conducive to the education system! ... Continue reading »

13 Apr

Hanafin defends Govt over primary-school funding

An article about Mary Hanafin seen on independent.ie/breaking-news

Education Minister Mary Hanafin is continuing to defend the Government's funding for education amid growing evidence that primary schools are facing a massive cash crisis.... Continue reading »

06 Apr

No Money for Hospital

An article about Mary Hanafin seen on eastmeath.org/blog

will there be any money for the ten or so schools that need to be built in East Meath? I doubt it. There wasn’t even money there for this even when we thought we had money. Why not go and tell Mary Hanafin herself when she visits.... Continue reading »

Ó Cuív in the Big Apple

An article about Mary Hanafin seen on elblogador.blogspot.com

The likelihood is that Gaeltacht regions will be even further weakened; the jury is still out on the effectiveness of the Language Act; the Education Minister, Mary Hanafin, is doing her best to undermine the principle of tumoideachas ... Continue reading »

MINISTER HANAFIN VISITS EAST MEATH SCHOOLS

An article about Mary Hanafin seen on thomasbyrne.blogspot.com

I was delighted to be able to bring Minister for Education and Science, Mary Hanafin TD on a visit today of five schools in East Meath to meet with pupils, staff, parents and Boards of Management. The schools included Whitecross ... Continue reading »

03 Apr

Government allocates €10 million to assist schools under the …

An article about Mary Hanafin seen on library.ie/weblog

The Minister for Education and Science, Mary Hanafin, TD, and Minister of State at the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Pat Carey, TD, announced almost €10 million in funding from the Dormant Accounts Fund and the ... Continue reading »

28 Mar

Mary Hanafin and the elusive €252m

An article about Mary Hanafin seen on anseo.net/blog

Teachers have been waiting for quite some time now for Mary Hanafin to announce when she will be releasing €252m for ICT in schools and the INTO annual congress is where she chose to tell us:. “Of course, I am conscious that ICT has ... Continue reading »


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