Nikki Gallagher

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Dublin footballer Philly McMahon at Mountjoy Prison, where he delivered a TEDx talk to about 100 guests and inmates in the prison’s chapel on Tuesday. Photograph: Maxwell
TEDx in Mountjoy: ‘Unfucccing’ the criminal justice system

It is still frowned on to swear in church, even if that church is in Mountjoy Prison. So there was some nervous laughter on Tuesday when Dublin footb(...)

Aislinn Smith with her fellow manufacturing technician apprentices Marc O’Rourke, Ben Madden, Garrett Collins and Paul McDonnell.
Earn while you learn: What you need to know about apprenticeships

College has long been sold as the be-all and end-all of education. In recent years, however, that narrative is changing. In 2014, Solas took over th(...)

Eoin Corbett: ‘I prefer to learn by doing than by sitting down with a book’
CAO Round 2: There are exciting alternatives to third-level education

The drums are banging loudly for college. Trinity is the best university in Ireland and everyone should aspire to attend third-level. Students might o(...)

Aisling Devitt, from Celbridge, Co Kildare, is part of the first group of students enrolled in a batch of new financial services apprenticeships. Photograph: Jack Power
You're hired: how to become an apprentice

For students sitting their Leaving Cert this month, the exams can feel like the most important weeks of their lives. The intense focus on securing a(...)

It seems like a relatively straightforward and innocuous project but, for a substantial proportion of people in Ireland, the idea of empowering children is highly subversive.
Making sure that children know their rights

‘We all have the right to rest from work and relax and if we didn’t we would feel very tired in the evening and in the night. If someone didn’t hav(...)

Steady increase in complaints

+A critical role of the Ombudsman for Children’s Office is to handle complaints from people who believe that the rights of a child have not bee(...)