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26 Mar 2008
Age of anti-cassandra
An article about Mary Hanafin seen on eastmeath.org/blog
Education Minister Mary Hanafin has insisted that education is a priority for the Government, despite widespread evidence of under-investment in the sector. Lads if you can’t even get your kids into a prefab school, then the government …... Continue reading »
24 Mar 2008
The Lost Art of Heckling
An article about Mary Hanafin seen on notesonthefront.typepad.com/politicaleconomy
The next time Minister Michael Martin addresses the Dail about knowledge capital, or Minister Mary Hanafin prattles on about ‘investing in our future’ or any other Minister talks about ‘world class educational institutions’ or ‘highly …... Continue reading »
14 Mar 2008
Cathal O Searcaigh
An article about Mary Hanafin seen on twentymajor.net
His work won’t be removed from the Leaving Cert syllabus ‘this year’ but Minister for Education Mary Hanafin says ‘questions about the life of the poet “might cause difficulty”. I can see that, especially if they came up in the oral.... Continue reading »
06 Mar 2008
There's Something About Mary
An article about Mary Hanafin seen on sccenglish.ie
… the former MEP Mary Banotti, a frequent visitor to the College, launched her new book There's Something about Mary, a series of interviews with 'Marys' in political life, including the current Minister for Education Mary Hanafin. …... Continue reading »
05 Mar 2008
Hanafin ‘disrespecting Athy’ over community college building delay
An article about Mary Hanafin seen on kildare-nationalist.ie
The minister for education Mary Hanafin has been condemned by Athy Town Council for further delaying the construction of the community college.... Continue reading »
University: Cabinet is ‘powerless’ claim
An article about Mary Hanafin seen on munster-express.ie
Education Minister Mary Hanafin claims the cabinet has no say in whether WIT should become a university.... Continue reading »
Shag Off, Minister.
An article about Mary Hanafin seen on thedubliner.typepad.com/the_dubliner_magazine
But now the Minister for Education Mary Hanafin seems to want to do their bidding, announcing last week that she was “shocked and appalled” to discover that O'Searcaigh has been…having sex with men. …... Continue reading »
22 Feb 2008
Compare and Contrast
An article about Mary Hanafin seen on hughgreen.wordpress.com
Education Minister Mary Hanafin said yesterday that there were “difficulties” with the inclusion of his poems on the exam curriculum. I have never read a poem by Cathal O Searcaigh. His poems may be brilliant, or they may be dreadful. …... Continue reading »
Hanafin blamed as Kildare schools left in planning limbo
An article about Mary Hanafin seen on kildare-nationalist.ie
A NUMBER of Co Kildare schools have been left in limbo following the failure of education minister Mary Hanafin to give the go-ahead for long-awaited replacement buildings.... Continue reading »
21 Feb 2008
Fadó fadó i Nepal…
An article about Mary Hanafin seen on drumlingo.blogspot.com
I see Mary Hanafin, Min for Education is reviewing the presence on the Leaving Cert course of the poetry of Cathal O Searcaigh. I happened to be in company looking at that documentary about him, Fairytale of Katmandu. …... Continue reading »
Hanafin anger over Dáil ‘trap’
An article about Mary Hanafin seen on soapboxireland.blogspot.com
AN extraordinary war of words erupted between Mary Hanafin and Fine Gael last night as the Education Minister accused opponents of laying a Dáil trap for her. Under fire over her department’s treatment of pupils with autism, …... Continue reading »
19 Feb 2008
Autistic boy's mother in persecution claim
An article about Mary Hanafin seen on hse-ireland.blogspot.com
Ms Ui Cuanachain accused the Department of Education of being “cynically misrepresentative” and of not supporting ABA and criticised Education Minister Mary Hanafin's stance. “Well I would reject the Minister's position quite completely …... Continue reading »
13 Feb 2008
Minister launches state-of-the-art new buildings
An article about Mary Hanafin seen on carlow-nationalist.ie
THE NEW state-of the-art extension in the Presentation College in Askea was officially opened on Friday morning by the Education Minister Mary Hanafin.... Continue reading »
Special Need Education in Ireland
An article about Mary Hanafin seen on joedrumgoole.com/blog
I see Mary Hanafin is defending the current and by implication previous governments disgraceful role in special needs education in ireland. Always the big numbers are tossed out casually, 900m on special needs. …... Continue reading »
12 Feb 2008
Sunday Times: Abolishing the CAO points system
An article about Mary Hanafin seen on kathyfoley.wordpress.com
This followed pressure on the universities from Mary Hanafin, the minister for education. From 2009 on, Leaving Cert results will be combined with aptitude tests in order to find the most suitable candidates for medical training. …... Continue reading »
09 Feb 2008
A National Strategy for Higher Education?
An article about Mary Hanafin seen on cearta.ie
Minister for Education Mary Hanafin hopes a final report charting a course forward for the sector will be available within 18 months. Senior officials from the department and the HEA are working on the document. …... Continue reading »
02 Feb 2008
One Lap top per child
An article about Mary Hanafin seen on jessjahart.wordpress.com
Fine Gael defends the cost of the lap tops saying that they need to be the price of $188 figuring in the “substantial costs for items, such as insurance, maintenance and networking”, but Mary Hanafin believes that the lap tops are not …... Continue reading »
01 Feb 2008
Mary Hanafin Announces School Sites For Greystones
An article about Mary Hanafin seen on greystoneset.ie
The Department of Education has announced today that two eight-classroom temporary sites have been confirmed for Greystones. The application for one of those sites to become an Educate Together school was made yesterday and the DES will …... Continue reading »
28 Jan 2008
Today is Data Protection Day
An article about Mary Hanafin seen on bhconsulting.blogs365.org/wordpress
In Ireland the Minister for Education and Science Mary Hanafin in association with the Data Protection Commissioner launched a new educational resource on data protection and privacy aimed at second level schools. …... Continue reading »
27 Jan 2008
Doomed, all of us, and no (grammatical) hope in sight
An article about Mary Hanafin seen on cavantucky.blogspot.com
Disibility. Oh, God…oh God. End my pain. The plague has reached the highest levels, people. Will we sit and do nothing? Or will Mary Hanafin don a heroine's cape for us at last, and RETURN GRAMMAR LESSONS TO IRISH CLASSROOMS? …... Continue reading »
25 Jan 2008
Minister Hanafin addresses Government Leaders Forum in Berlin
An article about Mary Hanafin seen on microsoftireland.spaces.live.com
Berlin: January 23rd, 2008 – The Minister for Education and Science Mary Hanafin TD, today delivered a keynote address to the 2008 Government Leaders Forum, taking place in Berlin, Germany today. The Forum, being hosted by Microsoft and …... Continue reading »
24 Jan 2008
Computers? Schools? Government? Really?
An article about Mary Hanafin seen on bigsc.blogspot.com
Was reading this morning that Mary Hanafin, the all knowledgeable runner of schools in Ireland stated that having computers in schools helps prevent kids from dropping out. She was also talking about some crap package of €252m to be …... Continue reading »
20 Jan 2008
Hanafin fails to deliver on psych staff
An article about Mary Hanafin seen on hse-ireland.blogspot.com
Education Minister Mary Hanafin promised exactly a year ago that NEPS staff numbers would rise to 158 psychologists by the end of the year. But in the week when the country’s 4000 schools closed for Christmas, NEPS had just 138 …... Continue reading »
Let's skip class… Mary shows how it's done
An article about Mary Hanafin seen on independent.ie/national-news
EDUCATION Minister Mary Hanafin urged schools to get fit yesterday at the launch of the Active School Awards competition — a nationwide initiative which aims to raise the awareness of the value of PE, physical activity and school …... Continue reading »
18 Jan 2008
Mary Hanafin
An article about Mary Hanafin seen on ourdailministers.blogspot.com
These randomers in the photo above just don't want to be there – you can just fucking tell. They are all holding this brown book looking 'deadly', except that guy on the very right who probably ate his. And the bloke second from left is …... Continue reading »