If I was a dog lover I probably wouldn't find this video ( http://bit.ly/uWomr6 ) so funny, but I'm not and I do. I think whatever...

Just wondering, but could there be a connection between our "coming soon" Dáil TV channel and next week's referendum on Oirea...

The Irish Times list of the 50 most powerful people in Irish education is interesting. What really caught my eye, what really should get ...

First, I want to say that all sports fans will enjoy Catching Hell. You don't have to be a baseball fan to get something out of the ESPN...

Are we going nuts about allergies? My son came home from school with a note asking us not to send in any food containing "peanuts/nut...

Stephen Donnelly TD (@donnellystephen) says our the state of our education system is a "national emergency." To support that thes...

The Minister for Education is "concerned" about the poor results our students are getting in mathematics. He's going to ...

I had to re-read Tom McGurk's column from this week's Sunday Business Post. I think this was because the headline – Legacy of Septe...

If it weren't so darned important, it would be easy to dismiss the Leaving Cert. The reason it's important is simply because it'...

Micheál Martin is a political lightweight, which was made all too obvious the past week. He's always been too keen to be seen as 'ha...

A column in the Guardian calls for a new Marshall Plan to save the EU, but unfortunately the EU's dominated by leaders who believe in u...

So the Irish government got money for training the armies of dubious regimes. Isn't that one of those charges that's always flung a...

I know Dublin Airport's Terminal 2 is new and this is the first time they've had to deal with the busy summer season and there are p...

A report in the Independent says the Department of Education will "take action on the divesting of schools if there was a delay in rea...

Another NY Times article on how hot the MLS and soccer generally is in America. This time the NY Times reports on the "hottest ticket...

A Lisburn school is leasing iPads to parents for £170 (€190) per year. The Mayo school in the news at the end of last month is selling the ...

Goats missing in Waterford may have been used to make bodhráns. I have half a memory of hearing of goats going missing before. Is this what...

I don't think I've seen it commented on elsewhere, but in the long running battle between free and paid for online newspaper content...

Walter Ellis has followed up his Irish Times column from earlier in the week with a letter to the editor in today's paper. Ellis says ...

I still cannot get over how so many Irish people found President Obama's speech inspiring or moving or just great. Whatever floats your...