“Irish higher education is in its dark age. Chronic underinvestment being the source of the decline shouldn’t come as surprise given the warnings from senior higher education figures recently. But as far as debates on exchequer funding are concerned, higher education typically does little to capture the imagination. This is unsurprising, as national crises in housing and health are felt far more acutely by the general public …” (more)
[James O’Sullivan, Irish Times, 15 October]