The third Traveller to be awarded a PhD in the history of the State, Dr Hannagh McGinley (Lecturer in Education at Mary Immaculate College ) sees herself as a living example to other Travellers as to what can be achieved in education. Her example, however, bucks the trend of poor Traveller education retention rates, ingrained, although typically unconscious, discrimination against Travellers and a mutual misunderstanding between the community and the education system.
Smart provided the municipality with tents, event banners, and buntings for the setup of the week-long trade fair, and provided load cards as prizes for their activities.
“During this jubilee year, let the words of Jesus guide you: 'Without cost you received; without cost you are to give' (Mt 10:8). These words are an invitation to thank God for all those who handed on the faith to you,” Pope Francis said in his video message on Sunday for the Jubilee celebration of the 500 years of Christianity in the Philippines, transcribed by the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines.