Ireland

It suggested that the only measure likely to raise a significant amount of money would be to devolve income tax and increase the basic rate. … [Read more...] about How Northern Ireland’s finance minister could raise money?

QUB said it did not make any unconditional offers to students who had not completed their qualifications and that all students had to satisfy the entry requirements of the course they were applying to. … [Read more...] about Universities in N Ireland lowest for unconditional offers

"We don't have the legacy of the conflict, we don't have the proxy war about victims, no suspended parliament, no questions about RHI and that is one thing you do get with young people - they're fed up with the constant reference to the past." … [Read more...] about Northern Ireland and the ‘brain drain’

In 10 years' time, I hope to be living in: Áras an Úachtaráin (Irish President's house). … [Read more...] about Northern Ireland students aim to stay in Dublin post-Brexit

The analysis of student flows between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland in higher education has just been published jointly by the Republic's Department of Education and Skills (DES) and Northern Ireland's Department for the Economy (DfE). … [Read more...] about Drop in Republic of Ireland students in Northern Ireland

However, Northern Ireland's universities also admit some international students outside the UCAS system through partnerships with other global universities, so the number of international students applying is likely to be higher than the UCAS figures. … [Read more...] about University applications from Northern Ireland fall

Instead, the Department for the Economy (DfE) controls the number of undergraduate places available at Queen's and Ulster universities for Northern Irish students and those from the EU outside the UK. … [Read more...] about Northern Ireland attracts more international students

“Expecting our first child was the best thing ever,” Mary (not her real name) tells me from her home in Ireland, her voice softening at the memory. “It was what I had always dreamed of.” Her friends and her three sisters, already mothers themselves, reassured her giving birth was just “aches and pains”, she says. But for Mary – now a lively, funny healthcare worker – it was the beginning of a devastating experience that still affects her 30 years later. And the problems weren’t the natural complications that can trouble any pregnancy. They were the result of a doctor’s intervention. … [Read more...] about Symphysiotomy – Ireland’s brutal alternative to caesareans

The Raphoe report pointed to "significant errors of judgment" by "successive bishops". The report concluded that "judgments were clouded, due to the presenting problem being, for example, alcohol abuse and an inability to hear the concerns about abuse of children". … [Read more...] about Catholic church failed children abused by priests in Ireland, says bishop

"She lost me to adoption after spending the first two decades or more of her life in these institutions. So when she was released into the world she was vulnerable and susceptible to any man that paid her attention. She was in her mind 10 years old rather than a mature woman. And as fair prey, she found herself pregnant and then got sent down to a home for single mothers and was forced to give me up. … [Read more...] about Ireland finally admits state collusion in Magdalene Laundry system