by admin | Feb 20, 2016 | Interviews
Jan O’ Sullivan is the Labour Party TD for Limerick City. She was first elected to the Dáil in 1998 in a bye-election to fill the seat vacated by the death of Jim Kemmy. She has since been re-elected in three General Elections. She was appointed Minister For...
by admin | Feb 20, 2016 | Interviews
Charlie Mc Conalogue is from a farming background in Gleneely in Co. Donegal. He was educated at Carndonagh Community School before going on to study at UCD where he studied Economics, Politics & History. Charlie first ran for political office in 2009, where he...
by admin | Feb 20, 2016 | Interviews
Jonathan O’Brien is the Sinn Féin TD for Cork North Central. In 2011, he topped the poll in Cork North Central to become the first Sinn Féin TD in Cork in over 80 years. Before that, Jonathan was a member of Cork City Council since 2000. He is the party’s...
by admin | Feb 20, 2016 | Interviews
The Green Party in Ireland doesn’t currently have any TDs., although they had six seats in the previous Dáil. They have sixteen councillors on the island of Ireland working at local government level and one MLA (Member of the Legislative Assembly) in Northern...
by admin | Feb 20, 2016 | Teaching News
With the General Election less than a week away, it’s time to focus our minds on who to vote for, and, as teachers, which party/grouping/independent best meets the needs of Education for the next five years. While a recent opinion poll on The Journal website...
by admin | Feb 16, 2016 | Teaching News
The General Election is just over a week away, so perhaps it’s time to get a snapshot of the voting intentions of primary teachers at this stage of the campaign. This (very unscientific!) poll is anonymous and simply asks which party you intend to give your No....