Donogh O Malley

The young American poet Claire McAllister, mentioned in today’s letters by Peadar MacMághnais, was also known to her friends as “Marmalade”. This was (...)

Every year it’s the same. June 6th recalls that brilliant blast of sunshine through the big window in our kitchen at home. My father polishing his sho(...)

Every now and then, an opportunity arises for a country to fundamentally reset expectations. One example was former minister for education Donogh O’Ma(...)

Global university rankings have been with us since Shanghai Jiao Tong University started its list of the world’s best universities back in 2003. The a(...)

Election manifestos have been coming thick and fast over recent days, and politicians have been falling over themselves to make promises that they say(...)

Every year, the then-minister for education Donogh O’Malley observed in a speech in September 1967, 17,000 children in Ireland finished primary school(...)

There is going to have to be a significant increase in pay for newly-appointed medical consultants in the future if the Government is going to insist (...)

It can’t be back to school time already, can it? No, not really. Schools won’t start back for more than a month, but as with most everything nowadays (...)

Not all doom-laden Department of Finance warnings over ambitious public spending plans necessarily come to pass. While the department tasked with kee(...)

No Child 2020 is a new initiative by The Irish Times, providing a sustained focus on child welfare and children’s issues over the coming year. Inspire(...)