Yearly Archives: 2014

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[Education Minister Ruairi Quinn]

Today INTO [Irish National Teacher Organisation]

Tonight ASTI [Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland]

Tomorrow: a bit of a lie in.

Minister for Education Ruairi Quinn was heckled almost constantly as he addressed the Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland conference in Wexford this evening.

…Earlier, Irish National Teacher Organisation delegates rejected a proposal by Mr Quinn that higher level mathematics at Leaving Certificate level should be a minimum requirement for students wishing to become primary school teachers.

Honours maths though.

Seriously.

What was he thinking?

Earlier: Do The Maths

Quinn Heckled At ASTI Conference (RTE)

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFBPnnbzr1c

Not really.

The now-clean, extreme capitalist  Jordan Belfort (played by Leo DiCaprio in 2013’s The Wolf Of Wall Street) is coming to Dublin to tell YOU how to get rich.

Early bird tickets €50.

First lesson right there.

The Real Life ‘Wolf Of Wall St’ Is Coming To Dublin (CollegeTimes.com)

Thanks Joanne and Kevin Whitty

 (ABC)

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An e-book by Karl MacDermott.

One of Ireland’s favourite funnymen (endorsed by his ‘agent’ above)

“One man. One life. Many failures. Meet Lar Gibbons, the man who put the Lar in lard and protagonist of ‘Ireland’s Favourite Failure.’ He has recently lost his job. His wife has walked out on him. A parent has passed away. Can things get any worse?”

Yes.

Ireland’s Favourite Failure – Kindle Editon (Amazon)

Thanks Morgan