“At the moment it is the Irish health service that is at the centre of a storm; it usually is at this time of year. The ‘trolley crisis’ leads the news every January just as the Leaving Cert makes headlines every June. Nothing seems to change. Meanwhile the third level education sector has been ‘in crisis’ for the last five years at least, and many suggest that this ‘crisis’ poses a real and substantial risk to the Irish economy. Maybe it does …” (more)
[Education and other Things, 10 January]