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Professor Linda Hogan - at the top of Irish academia
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Callan woman Professor Linda Hogan has blazed a trail in academia and is a candidate to become the first ever female Provost of Trinity College, Dublin.
Professor Hogan is one of three final candidates, from whom the new Provost will be chosen, in April.
The daughter of the late Bea and Patsy Hogan of the Steppes Bar, Linda attended St Brigid’s College, Callan, and is currently a Professor of Ecumenics at the School of Religion in Trinity College.
Professor Hogan is an ethicist with extensive experience in research and teaching in pluralist and multi-religious contexts. Her research interests lie in the fields of inter-cultural and inter-religious ethics, social and political ethics, human rights and gender.
Fiction Preview: Special 202
The opener
A holiday is just the break Sophie needs – even if she has no idea how to actually ski! Moira Gee’s uplifting
“Skipping The Slopes” welcomes you to a brand new Special, and is illustrated by Mandy Dixon.
A young woman finds comfort in our poignant next story,
“Beacons Of Hope”, by Frances Powell. With an illustration from the Shutterstock picture library.
A boy finds his calling in our next story, “Dogs Aloud”, by Helen Yendall, 2000. With a sweet illustration by Martin Baines.
You can tell a lot about a man by his choice of footwear – or can you?! Find out in Yvonne Ayres’ light-hearted story,