“Over a third of university students meet the criteria for hazardous drinking and almost half exceed thresholds for acute harm at least once a month, an Australian-first study has found …” (more)
[John Ross, The Australian, 23 January]
“Adrian Weckler has a worrying piece on government proposals for blocking legislation in today’s Sunday Business Post (paywalled). I’ve taken the liberty of extracting some of the highlights: …” (more)
[TJ McIntyre, IT Law in Ireland, 22 January]
“Academics will go to any length to defend the lecture (see twitter feed on my Don’t lecture me! talk). No matter how much evidence there is to show that it is poor pedagogic practice, they resist the change …” (more)
[Donald Clark Plan B, 22 January]
“A student has lost his case against six newspapers in a bid to block them naming him in connection with an allegedly defamatory video …” (more)
[RTÉ News, 22 January]
“Minister of State at the Department of Finance Brian Hayes has today branded the notion of scrapping the Croke Park Agreement as ‘nonsensical’ …” (more)
[BreakingNews.ie, 22 January]
Some argue that there is a political battle in progress, which those favouring new universities will shortly win. As the Times has recently stated, “The Southeast is set to win its long battle for university status, despite strong opposition from some university presidents and senior figures in the HEA” (Irish Times, 17 January). However, this view is wrong in every important respect … (more)
“DCU manager Niall Moyna has accused Donegal boss Jim McGuinness of ‘abuse of players’ after Martin McElhinney picked up an injury warming up for a challenge game on Saturday. McElhinney, a student at the Dublin university, was given time off in the preparations for last night’s O’Byrne Cup clash with Meath because of upcoming examinations …” (more)
[RTÉ Sport, 22 January]
“The High Court will today rule whether to grant an order to a 22 year old DCU business student, stopping national newspapers identifying him in the press over an online video …” (more)
[Newstalk, 22 January]
“Getting up early is a common trait among CEOs, but don’t get carried away. Not getting enough sleep can lead to weight gain, cancer and other adverse consequences described in the following infographic …” (more)
[TheJournal.ie, 22 January]
“Taoiseach Enda Kenny is under mounting pressure from Fine Gael TDs to ‘stop pretending’ that the Croke Park deal on public sector pay remains viable, the Sunday Independent can reveal …” (more)
[Daniel McConell, Independent, 22 January]
“The parents of a DCU student who was falsely accused of being a taxi-fare dodger in an online video have told the Sunday Independent they are ‘close to breaking point’. Speaking briefly at the High Court yesterday …” (more)
[Niamh Horan, Independent, 22 January]
“What should be the role of a law school the policy process? At first glance, the question might look odd. Law schools are not political institutions with a mandate to develop or deliver public policy …” (more)
[Dean Sossin's Blog, 21 January]
“In the midst of a rather interesting discussion of the notion of Aristotle’s Unmoved Mover, Leah Libresco went on a mild digression about the philosophy of mathematics that I couldn’t let go of …” (more)
[Alex Knapp, Forbes, 21 January]
“The publicity and success of the anti-SOPA campaign in the US has put internet blocking on the agenda worldwide and Paul Quigley’s excellent column in the Journal explains how Ireland is moving towards similar types of blocking – only by the stroke of a Ministerial pen and without any legislation by the Oireachtas …” (more)
[TJ McIntyre, IT Law in Ireland, 21 January]
“A new post-graduate qualification in product management for the Irish software and technology sectors created by a group of Irish software companies will be launched at Dublin Institute of Technology in September …” (more)
[John Kennedy, Silicon Republic, 20 January]
