The government admitted last week that the third-level sector was underfunded to the tune of €307 million a year, and promised to rectify this over the next three budgets. But where will the money come from?
Mary Lou McDonald’s party is benefiting from the cost of living crisis, and the recent controversy over plans to ban the sale of turf in urban areas, registering its highest ever rating in a Red C poll, while Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil remain well behind
In the Business Post/Red C poll, 68 per cent say quality of life has reduced, while 63 per cent have little to no disposable income. A total of 73 per cent say they are buying cheaper food and 50 per cent are using savings or credit to pay for everyday living
The Yershovs have had to move twice, first to Odessa from Sevastopol in Crimea when it was seized by Russian-backed separatists in 2014. Now, with their five daughters and another baby on the way, they are in a hostel in Tarbert where local people have supplied them with everything, including violins for their daughters
Ireland is caught in a crisis of conscience between sending weapons to Ukraine and maintaining its dearly held neutrality. But with world security becoming ever more precarious, we may end up with little choice but to enter the fray