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Why change to NUI Galway
NUI Galway has the lowest drop-out rates of any university in Ireland. Why not change to NUI Galway? - You think the weather's bad in Ireland? It never ever stops raining ...
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Why Change to UL
Sonia O'Sullivan with the captains of UL soccer, running team, basketball, hurling,rugby and GAA clubs at the UL International Women's Day conference, Accelerating Change. Photograph: Brian Gavin Press ...
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Why change to Independent Colleges
Why change to Independent Colleges? - The building, on Dawson St, just two minutes from Stephen's Green, is smack bang in a buzzing part of Dublin city. - Lower class sizes and good engagement with well qualified lecturers on a wide range of FETAC-accredited courses. - CAO points are relatively low. Why not change to Independent Colleges? - The social side - clubs, societies, ...
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Now is the time to explore all your options
If you have not already done so over the past year, spend the next week or so looking at the options within the classifications listed on Qualifax. It's worth taking time to make the right choice. Photograph: Matt ...
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The choices you make can change your history
Thanks to the CAO change of mind form, you no longer have to fear spending decades in the trenches of Hollywood moviestardom, when your true love is marine biology. Maybe you're more than happy with your chosen career, and who can blame you: leaking official secrets to the news media is the trend du jour. But even if you are, who among us has not wondered about the path not travelled? To ...
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College fun and how to avoid it
Yes, the Leaving Cert really is the time of your life. After months of solid cramming, you must be hopping with excitement at the prospect of doing it all again. But it turns out there is more to college life than spending weeks in the library, chasing up citations on obscure eastern European philosophers, thrilling as that certainly ...
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Demand means more opting to go private
bout 25,000 students are enrolled in private colleges, many because they could not access their desired course in a state-funded ...
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Why I changed my mind
Music has always been my passion, but how do you forge a career in it? So I put what my heart wanted to one side and let my head rule. Apart from music, biology was my best subject in school. Science in Trinity was my first choice on the CAO form: it's an excellent course with good career prospects and I thought that there would be a use for me in ...
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Ten tips for a smooth transition to college
For the unsuspecting student it can be quite overwhelming, but with a little thought and planning the transition to third level can be exciting and refreshing. These 10 tips have helped students at NUI Maynooth make the ...
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Why change to NUI Maynooth
Aoife Kelly, Carlow and Ciara Corr, Dundalk celebrate at the first conferring ceremony for law graduates at NUI Maynooth. Photograph: Alan ...
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Why change to IADT
Why change to IADT? - As institutes of technology go, this place is utterly unique. There's a strong creative and entrepreneurial vibe running through the college, influencing everything from the courses to the lecturers and the projects through to the student ...
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Why change to UCD
Why change to UCD? - Really excellent facilities, including a new student centre and sports centre with an Olympic-size swimming pool, dance studio, 3D cinema, debating chamber, and drama theatre, as well as a vast choice of clubs and societies, with over 150 to choose from. - UCD was one of the first to allow students to choose electives from outside their chosen discipline. So a medical ...
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Why change to DIT
Why change to DIT - Innovative approaches to learning. Opportunities for progression from Level 6/7 to Level 8. Diverse student body, from apprentices to PhD students. - Over 80 clubs and societies, including juggling, fashion, archery, soccer and sub-aqua. - Strongly career-focused courses with work placement opportunities. Why not change to DIT? - No centralised campus. The colleges are ...
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Why change to TCD
Why change to TCD? Based on feedback from TCD students, the top factors which influenced their choice were the international reputation, employment prospects of the course, the course curriculum itself as well as Trinity's research reputation. Also vibrant social life, excellent sports facilities, over 50 sports clubs and almost 100 student societies on offer. Why not change to TCD? - ...
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Why change to UCC
- There are 20,000 full-time students attending UCC, with 14,000 of these following undergraduate programmes. UCC's diverse student body includes 3,000 international students representing 100 countries worldwide. One of the largest employers in the region, a third of UCC staff is from ...
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Why change to Griffith
Why change to Griffith? - The college offers more than 65 academically challenging programmes with an industry focus, work placements and good student support. - Griffith offers a very diverse range of courses, including law; business; accounting and finance; design; hospitality management; computer science; applied digital media; journalism and media; music and drama; training and education. ...
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IMF approves $1.27 billion disbursement to Ireland
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund said Ireland was on track with the conditions of its bailout program, and disbursed the European country's next chunk of aid on Monday.The IMF, one of a trio of lenders overseeing Dublin's 85 billion euro (71.8 billion pounds) bailout, said Ireland's economy grew modestly in 2012 for the second year in a row and employment ...
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INTO members back Haddington Road proposals
Primary school teachers have voted to accept the Haddington Road proposals on public service pay. In a ballot this evening, Irish National Teachers' Organisation members voted to back the proposals, with 63% in favour and 37% against. Last month the executive of the union recommended acceptance of the proposals to its 32,000 members. Earlier this year, members rejected the Croke Park II ...
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In praise of … Northern Irelands G8
Northern Ireland for the benefit of global visitors are reminders - if they were needed - that such summits have their civil liberty price and their shameless dimensions. All the same, there is something genuinely heartening about a world event of this kind happening in Northern Ireland. It goes without saying that such a gathering would have been unthinkable for much of the past half-century. ...
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Ireland hammered by Holland
A disappointing performance by Ireland saw them fall to a heavy 5-0 defeat in the World League at the hands of hosts Holland. It was always going to be a tough game against the current World champions, but once again Irish defensive errors and incisive Dutch finishing proved the difference between the two sides. The attacking trio of Hofman, Hertzberger and Jonker provided the magic for the ...
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G8 leaders call for fiscal flexibility in bid to boost global economy
Russian President Vladimir Putin poses for a picture with Northern Ireland's First Minister Peter Robinson , Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness and Joan Christie, The Queen's official representative in Co. Antrim, as he arrives at Belfast International airport ahead of the G8 summit in Enniskillen. Photograph: Peter Muhly/PA ...
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Northern Ireland A Poignant Location For G-8 Summit
Northern Ireland is host to this year's G-8 summit and is using the international attention to showcase local vistas, golf courses and how far the area has come since the days of brutal political violence. Melissa Block speaks with Peter Shirlow of Queen's University in Belfast about the changes he's seen and where Northern Ireland is ...
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G8 leaders enjoy Comber spuds and Irish coffees at working dinner
The new season Comber, or Comber early as it's sometimes called, is regarded as the king of the potato crop in Northern Ireland thanks to the climate in which it's grown, sheltered by the Mournes and the Ards Peninsula. It's also harvested earlier than potatoes in other ...
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Michelle Obama greeted with cheers in N. Ireland
While US President Barack Obama discusses world issues with world leaders at the G8 Summit in Northern Ireland, his wife and daughters find out more about their family history. ITN's Sangetta Kandola ...
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Chefs stay local as leaders feast on Kilkeel crab Kettyle beef and whiskey custard
The menu for the meal was: Kilkeel crab, prawn and avocado salad followed byroast fillet and braised shin of Kettyle beef, with artichokes and Antrim new potatoes followed by a dessert of Apple crumble with Bushmills whiskey ...
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Is Ireland living beyond its means?
Ireland is highly developed and has experienced rapid and constant economic growth in the last few decades, with many calling the country the Celtic Tiger. But recent events in the world economy and the financial situation of Europe may mean changes are afoot for the Tiger.
Ireland is one of the most developed countries in the world and has a high tax high government service economic model, it has for the last few decades substantially reduced the socio-economic inequalities in the economy and had a Gini coefficient score of 30.1 in 2000 while The Economist says we have the best quality of life in the world. This has come at a cost though, government deficits are running at over 10% of GDP, public debt accounts for over 40% of all revenue generated in the economy and the Irish population has a debt level, in relation to disposable income, that is the highest in the developed world – our personal debt in 190% more than our disposable income. All this begs the question, are we living within our means or is Ireland’s economic model unsustainable? Read more
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