Danny O Hare
8 results

National children’s science centre risks being put on a shelf for another decade
- Education
- November 4, 2018, 13:30
Imagine the BT Young Scientist for 365 days of the year! Imagine a science centre for young people where they could interact with state-of-the-art exh(...)

Dedicated followers of fission
- Science
- November 30, 2017, 14:30
Across the world science centres provide an important and successful means of communicating science to the public. We have been slow in getting off th(...)

Results 2017: How has new grading system impacted results?
- Education
- August 16, 2017, 06:00
“Don’t worry, students won’t lose out under the new CAO points system.” Over the past year, the class of 2017 have heard this advice umpteen times. No(...)

The new CAO points system explained
- Education
- May 23, 2017, 00:00
As if students didn’t have enough to contend with. Between the Leaving Cert exams and the looming CAO change-of-mind deadline, sixth years have a lot (...)

Digitary goes big Down Under with universities deal
- Technology
- April 27, 2017, 11:20
Digitary, a Dublin-headquartered company behind a popular digital documents platform used by third-level institutions across the world, has signed a d(...)

My education week: Board meetings, Facetime with my grandchildren and an honorary doctorate
- Education
- November 21, 2016, 15:00
BIOGRAPHY Áine Hyland has been one of the most influential figures in Irish education over the past 50 years. After serving initially as a civil se(...)

New CAO points system: what students and parents need to know
- Education
- September 27, 2016, 00:00
Are you hoping that your child will get an A or B in next year’s Leaving Cert? Well, forget about it: they haven’t a hope. From 2017, the old familia(...)

Private maternity hospital rejects Medical Council concerns
- Health
- April 18, 2013, 15:35
Well-known South Dublin maternity hospital Mount Carmel has written to the Medical Council to reject concerns raised by a fitness-to-practice i(...)