Lesley Byrne
@lesleybyrne
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I am running for local election in 2024 in Killiney-Shankill for the Social Democrats. Be the change as they say!
If you have any spare change - even the price of a coffee to donate to my election campaign I would be very grateful
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It feels like there was more thought given to whether pubs should close at 5pm or 8pm than there was to how we could re open schools safely.
#edchatie
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What’s happening at RTE is holding a mirror up to what is happening across society in general. We have systems and structures all set up for the elite few. The RTE workers today aren’t just speaking for themselves they are speaking for all of us - we need change in this country
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The cost of hiring buses is making school activities prohibitive.
Crumlin to Ringsend €250
Crumlin to Ballyfermot €220
for a 16 seater bus.
This needs to be regulated.
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Despite all the negativity in the world I still believe schools can bring colour to the community! Delighted with our new mural from
@alloutdesign
themes of sustainability, diversity and equality behind the design
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Having taught maths myself for many years I don’t remember ever seeing such upset from an exam paper. It is really unacceptable that students have been left feeling this way over the weekend before facing into their next set of exams. The stakes are too high at LC.
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How many 6th years choose courses based on the points? It can’t be a coincidence that any student tracking 625 wants to study medicine.Or those around 300 points have a burning desire to study courses around those points? What if no points existed?
#edchatie
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Schools can’t get teachers so why on earth would the teachers who are already overstretched covering the ALL the gaps in the system now want to run from one school to the next?
Minister tells schools to teacher-share amid shortage via
@rte
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Thanks to
@IrishTimes
for printing. Let’s hope as we emerge from the pandemic over the coming years that our Education system adapts to be a space that values the talents of all our students.
#edchatie
@Education_Ire
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Students that can afford grinds will (understandably) get them to compensate for time missed in school. Those that can’t afford them will just be further disadvantaged. This is justification enough for change to LC22
#edchatie
@GaryGannonTD
@issu4u
@AodhanORiordain
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This is why what is happening in RTE matters.
@emma_okelly
has always to my mind been a fair and objective reporter on important educational matters and this is confirmed for me by her stance on this. State broadcasting can either be an enabler of Democracy or an attacker.
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League Tables - not all that can be measured matters and not all that matters can be measured.
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Our Autism Class has now formally got its new name - Blossom Class. A space that embodies who we are as a school- all are welcome and valued.
@D12Asdparentsu1
@EducateTogether
@CityofDublinETB
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Watched a group of 40 plus students in the airport today with their teachers. Reminding me of many great and exhausting times with students and how important those outside the class experiences are. Those teachers are giving up their own holiday to give students the opportunity
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We need a Citizens Assembly for Education. If we could spend time on creating a shared long term vision for Education then the many issues we have would be easier to navigate. Instead we deal with JC, Senior Cycle, special classes, recruitment, Wellbeing, bullying, climate etc.
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Our vision
@ClogherRoadCC
of being a school for everyone in the community is being realised! We are delighted to see the highest number of applications yet with one week to go to closing date. The young people of D12 & D8 should experience education how they live - together!
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Horrendous language from
@LeoVaradkar
. Stigmatising and demeaning language that has an impact on those who have been continually marginalised in systems designed to make middle class men feel smart.
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Our young people have been truly remarkable throughout this pandemic. They made huge sacrifices to protect others in society. Perhaps now we could show them respect by listening to their request for a hybrid LC
#HybridLC2022
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It is ironic that the announcement of more DEIS schools is seen as an achievement and not an utter failure and a product of systematic inequality by the State. Education in Ireland still shaped by social class despite decades of investment via
@IrishTimes
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Listening to
@katrionaos
thinking literally the best keynote I’ve ever heard. A standing ovation at the end I wasn’t the only one! Children deserve better from the education system and constantly telling them to work harder and study harder is complicit with a rigged system.
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Our music programme in
@ClogherRoadCC
is thriving! We are looking for some sponsorship to expand it even further! We have an opportunity for a company to have their logo on a set of instruments if they are willing to support us! Get in touch!
@edchatie
#crumlin
#d12
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The CAO points race begins the moment students are born. That’s the reality.
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Honoured to be selected as candidate for Killiney-Shankill for
@SocDemsDL
! And delighted to be running with
@orlidblog
.
#LE24
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@caulmick
@catherinegalway
@LeoVaradkar
@MichealMartinTD
@EamonRyan
Integrity. Authentic. Compassionate.
Shining a light on how that is so absent from our government, their policies and their actions.
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@caulmick
It might be more appropriate for him to be giving more consideration to the children in the state who are having their meals prepped by homeless charities and who don’t have a kitchen to store them in in the hotel they live in.
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How can we help students in DEIS schools not fall behind? via
@rte
The reality is it won’t be through literacy and numeracy programmes. We need to look at the systematic inequalities that are designed to ensure the elite thrive.
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I was more than happy to take the opportunity to write about how problematic Feeder School Lists are in
@IrishTimes
@CityofDublinETB
@EducateTogether
@NAPD_IE
#edchatie
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Well I think it’s fair to say that was the send off they deserved! Inspirational speech from
@Mick_Finnegan
, a fantastic group of young people and their proud teachers. The sun even shone for Graduation day 2021. Their future is bright
@EducateTogether
@CityofDublinETB
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5 of these notices are for grinds.
The key marker to the best results in your Leaving Certificate is having the financial means to get there.
This is the way we continue to perpetuate inequality in this society.
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If English isn’t the first language spoke in your household, then it would be very fair and reasonable that the CAO would take that into consideration and extra points could be given for sitting papers in English. That is if equality of opportunity and outcome is the aim.
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One of the reasons I joined the
@SocDems
was exactly what
@HollyCairnsTD
outlined tonight - it isn’t about who you know or who you are related to. It’s an opportunity for new, diverse voices previously unheard to make a difference- a different type of difference.
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Incredible read
@katrionaos
. It should be compulsory reading for everyone working in education.
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A great day in
@ClogherRoadCC
for the launch of
@SciFest4STEM
. Thanks to
@NormaFoleyTD1
for coming and spending so much time with all of the students!
@CityofDublinETB
@EducateTogether
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@SenLynnRuane
It amazes me also how people don’t see that sometimes it’s also just luck- who you sit beside in your first day of primary school might influence a path you take later in night.
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Great to see students of
@ClogherRoadCC
advocating for themselves on
@rtenews
. The Department has an opportunity to make a decision that supports equality of opportunity. It must listen to
@issu4u
and
@NAPD_IE
and make a decision on accredited grades.
Teacher unions say the traditional Leaving Cert exams must take place this year, saying there is no justification for offering students additional options. | More:
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When they see it, they can be it. A trip to
@MaynoothUni
in November with their Guidance Counsellor. Now all three of them are starting in Arts and
@MU_Turn2Teach
.
@ClogherRoadCC
students are trailblazers.
@Instgc
@EducateTogether
@CityofDublinETB
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I can't help think that some people mistake anonymous to mean fair. The Leaving Cert was never fair. There's a standardisation process every year. Imagine, we have let a set of exams and an algorithm be the measure of our magnificent teenagers all these years
#leavingcertreform
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So great to finally get to
@CorkLifeCentre
today. There for hours but could have stayed for days. So much richness and education in the conversations and so looking forward to the return visit to
@ClogherRoadCC
and putting our plans into action.
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Complaints about the grade boundaries being too wide in JC shows how endemic competition is in the education system. Some students who got 55% may have worked twice as hard as someone who got 75% why should they not be equally celebrated.
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Delighted to have worked on this piece with Gareth Burns and
@jerry_o_neill
. The work of
@MU_Turn2Teach
is critical in educational reform and I’m delighted to be part of that journey. Thank
@edmatters
for publishing.
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Equality -The traditional LC
Equity - Hybrid Model for 2022
Justice- Leaving Cert reform
#edchatie
#HybridLC2022
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Are we really still debating if girls can wear trousers to school? Really?
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Guidance Counsellors are fielding upset students and parents since the exam finished. We can’t on one hand say Well-being is a focus and then set exams that show complete disregard for their wellbeing
@OCO_ireland
@GaryGannonTD
@AodhanORiordain
@NormaFoleyTD1
@HollyCairnsTD
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There’s approx 13% of young people between 10-17 who are deemed to be ‘young carers’.
Where are they being considered in all of this?
There is little to no state intervention to ensure they are absolved of their caring responsibilities to allow them have their childhood.
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Looking for an Irish teacher for next year - get in touch if you are interested! We can be flexible in hours - might suit someone with an Irish degree who is considering teaching as a career.
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We were privileged to have the inspirational
@katrionaos
to
@ClogherRoadCC
today. So powerful as always. Interesting to see the impact of her book and talk on how our work as DEIS educators develops.
#edchatie
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We are hiring! I am looking for teachers who are passionate about working in a DEIS setting and believe in the potential of all young people.
@ClogherRoadCC
Vacancies across a range of subjects including our Blossom special class.
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@katrionaos
didn’t need CAO points to get where she is today. She needed teachers that cared, recognised her potential and opportunities to be available to her.
A brilliant review of Poor by Sen Lynn Ruane.
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Two teenagers were walking behind me discussing how they needed to wear a black or white T-shirt for PE or else the year head will go mad. One said I don’t have one to wear - I think I’ll just fake sick in the morning. The other asked her not to because then she’d be lonely.
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At what stage are we going to have a conversation about pointless school rules that do more harm than good?
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No school deserves this but it’s particularly hard to stomach the suggestion when the principal
@CatrionaGolden
provides such a service to all educators and continually fights for children to get what they are entitled to.
The Board of Management of Owenabue Educate Together National School is calling on the Department of Education to review and reconsider its proposed accommodation plan for the upcoming academic year (2024/2025).
Read the full statement at
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An outstanding human, real, meaningful presentation from
@patriciamannixm
on School Culture. Right to the heart of the matter.
@NAPD_IE
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Almost 70% of Irish prisoners are early school leavers
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@BeccaFIynn
What’s extreme is cutting up a triangle of Toblerone and having one of the experts respond to that video with a😂.
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Second level education is a right. It is not something you compete in. It is not something that someone can do better than you- your experience of it is as valid if you fail every exam as if you get top marks. You are not entitled to do better ‘from’ it than someone else.
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Equity, Education and Empathy
The values I’ll be basing my campaign on for
#LE24
for
@SocDemsDL
as the Shankill-Killiney candidate.
I believe those values could transform how we do politics and put the most vulnerable at the centre of our policies.
@SocDems
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Love this story - goes to show when young people are giving the opportunity what they can achieve.
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Anyone who knows me knows I am only ever too happy to discuss equality in education! Thanks
@AnnByrne_08
for the opportunity, great podcast series
@way_leadthe
. Here’s to even more conversations about the change needed!
Delighted to chat to
@lesleybyrne
"Ep 27 Principal Lesley Byrne on Equality in Education and Senior Cycle Reform" Please retweet and keep the conversation going.
@lecheiletrust1
@ETBIreland
@EducateTogether
@NormaFoleyTD1
@Leaders_SoE
@ ⚓
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Delighted that
@ClogherRoadCC
has won an Innovation award and is a
@AccessTCD
School of Distinction. The staff, students and families deserve the recognition.
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We can’t claim to be advocates for student voice and then only listen to the opinions we like. At the very least the students deserve to have the opportunity to enter into meaningful dialogue on this. Otherwise student voice is tokenisitic
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There is no reason why any child should be living in poverty in Ireland. We need to prioritise those most vulnerable children.
@SocDems
@SocDemsDL
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A momentous day for
@StCrumlin
Clogher Road Community College. Watch out
@tcddublin
@MaynoothUni
@ucddublin
@WeAreTUDublin
some of our Trailblazers are heading your way!
@NewstalkFM
@HenryMcKean
@emernowlan
@EducateTogether
@CityofDublinETB
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Re-write the headline - Proportion of students born outside of affluent eircodes do not have their real potential valued or recognised by an exam system that encourages financial doping. As is tradition we perpetuate privilege and tell those born outside of it to work harder.
Proportion of disadvantaged students going to college falls following return to traditional Leaving Cert exams
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The ‘please don’t speak ill of the schools or teachers’ response is such a ploy and an absolute insult to our intelligence if they think we can’t see that. That’s not what the interviewer is saying or why they are asking - you know that, we know that.
'Is it safe to put 30 or more unvaccinated and in many cases unmasked young people into poorly-ventilated crowded rooms next week'?
@DonnellyStephen
tells
@DrGavinJennings
'The plan is for schools to reopen. Schools are very controlled environments.'
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Lovely to catch up with
@GaryGannonTD
who when I lived in Dublin 1 was the first member of the
@SocDems
I heard talk and subsequently joined! Inspired by his advocacy for those whose voice hasn’t always been heard in politics.
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Thrilled that
@ClogherRoadCC
is one of these schools. The staff, students and community deserve it!
@CityofDublinETB
@EducateTogether
Congratulations to all schools who received the
@AccessTCD
Trinity Access:
#SchoolsOfDistinction
award today. 🥳
These fabulous schools are leading the way in actively developing student-centred, innovative learning environments that support a college-going culture for all! 🏫
👇
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@dlrcc
@Smart_D_L
If you really want students and graduates from all backgrounds then an unpaid internship is not the way to go about it. Students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds cannot afford to work for free.
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Delighted to have everyone back
@ClogherRoadCC
and we’ve added some new members to the hive. Buzzin!
@CityofDublinETB
@EducateTogether
@D12Asdparentsu1
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‘For all the kids who are dreaming to be somebody from the area I can from’ ❤️
@BarryKeoghan
when they see it they can be it! Well done👏
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We really need to move past school uniforms- they are mostly used as a control tool. Ironically the kids that people say need it as a ‘leveller’ so no one will know they are poor are usually the ones sent home for having a stripe on their runner.
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So proud of Georgia
@ClogherRoadCC
speaking today on behalf of the Student Advisory group at
@EducateTogether
AGM. Themes of equality, choice and difference permeated through all of the discussions and motions today. An educational day in every respect.
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Outdoor cinema treat for students- young people
@ClogherRoadCC
have been phenomenal during a difficult year! This is our way of saying thanks!
@cdetb
@EducateTogether
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Very grateful to have my old school friends out canvassing with me tonight.
We’ve grown up together and their belief in me motivates me even more 💜
Ger’s telling us here about her first job leafletting! She’s hired!
@SocDems
@SocDemsDL
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. Are we so attached to the Leaving Cert because we simply are afraid of the perceived risk of trying something new? Is it possible the gatekeepers to Leaving Cert success are keen to keep it as it keeps the playing field familiar rather than level?
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Every now and then I think we have come a long way and then I’m swiftly reminded how far we still have to go.
@ClogherRoadCC
is proud to have wonderful Trans students enrich our school community and also help us understand the world we live in a little more.
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The Late Late Toy Show - one elaborate advertisement for toy shops. Nobody can say they care about children and not ask the question what is it like for children living in poverty or hardship to watch all these toys that Santa doesn’t bring them? Every child should matter.
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Do we realise that people live in these areas completely under resourced by FFG. That it’s not just about making the middle class feel safe on their urban safari? For once maybe we could look at the causes rather than the symptoms
“There are parts of Dublin city that I wouldn’t walk down, I wouldn’t advise anyone to walk down”
- Minister of State
@jackfchambers
on anti-social behaviour & crime in Dublin city
#TonightVMTV
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We do know it. The worst kept secret of the Irish education system is that we allow those with the financial means to advantage themselves over those who MOST need an equitable system. It’s time for change.
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Schools need to have their staffing allocations increased if we are to retain good staff. They are currently calculated on how many hours you need per subject but if you only have 10hrs of a subject available- why would a teacher stay for that? Cont.
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The planters donated to us from
@crumlinup
getting a new lease of life and brightening up
@ClogherRoadCC
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@ClogherRoadCC
students off to
@BostonCollege
for a week. Opportunities to meet people from all over the world and to reflect on how they want their future to look. If they can see it they can be it
#advantagedthinking
#opportunities
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Until we end the sport of the CAO we will never get close to education being the experience of learning in your teenage years. Giving space to all sort of learning opportunities for young people. If school made you feel like a failure it is a failing of school not you.
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Such a positive response to
@HollyCairnsTD
speech on the doors tonight in Killiney. Hoping those conversations become my ‘one vote’
@SocDems
@SocDemsDL
#killiney
#shankill
#ballybrack
#cherrywood
Paul Hosford: How a single vote paved the way for Holly Cairns to lead the Social Democrats
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Amazing achievement and know first hand how brilliant CMS and Liberties training are. Shame about the language though ‘school dropout’. The School system failed him, he didn’t fail school.
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Attendance is so complex.
Removing the CAO race would allow teachers to focus on the quality of experience more than how much material is covered.
Education is the experience and not the the exam result.
via
@IrishTimes
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We need to stop seeing issues as separate problems to solve. Housing affects education and health- they are all connected. I don’t think we can pick a cause, we have to tackle it as a whole - as an equality issue.
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Great to have my sister out canvassing with me tonight in Loughlinstown. She lives in London and is a teacher. She is happy there but the reality is if she wanted to come home she’d have to move back to her childhood bedroom. This is true for so many.
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@emma_okelly
Online CPD. Not for everything or for staff meetings but to able to do a one hr CPD on something that you might not have been able to access otherwise
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A lovely evening meeting people in Rathsallagh. Such lovely people, really receptive and a clear desire for change.
@SocDems
@SocDemsDL
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As part of our
#etbday
celebrations
@ClogherRoadCC
is launching their new podcast - C’mere and I Tell ya!
Bringing together the core values of
@ETBIreland
we believe it’s Excellence in Education!
@CityofDublinETB
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Leo thinks him and his buddies just made better choices and worked harder. And therein lies the exact reason the country is in the state it is.
There’s our courageous Taoiseach
@LeoVaradkar
putting far left agitator
@paulmurphy_TD
in his place by using the tv show Benefits Street to show how untrustworthy welfare recipients are. Bravo, Teesh.
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An inspiring and motivational few days at
@EducateTogether
Principal’s conference. The benefits to
@ClogherRoadCC
school community by our relationship with
@EducateTogether
under
@CityofDublinETB
patronage offers a fresh model for DEIS education- one that is beneficial for all
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Thinking about the
@CorkLifeCentre
and The Unteachables. So much of it resonates from the interactions we have on the side with students to cajole them into compliancy in the classroom. When will we mainstream the individual and sideline compliancy?
#edchatie
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