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by SEÁN FLYNNPROFILE: PROFESSOR DON BARRY, PRESIDENT, UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK (UL): The University of Limerick has been physically transformed but it still needs to move up the world rankings of leading universities - that's the next big challenge for its self-effacing president, Don BarryFOR SUCH A…

By TREVOR QUINNAs the latest statistics showed Ireland's unemployment rate continues to rise, 20 young people from across Ireland gathered in Galway last weekend determined to highlight their desire for much needed change.The SpunOut.ie Academy of Activism, supported by the Huston Film School at NUIG,…

By Lorna Siggins.  YOUNG IRISH people are turning away from political parties for more complex reasons than a general “despair and disillusionment”, according to the founder of a Galway-based national youth website. Advocacy and activism are seen as far more appealing than the “long, slow,…

The Irish LongituDinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) was launched in November 2006 to study a representative cohort of at least 8,000 people, aged 50 and over and resident in Ireland, charting their health, social and economic circumstances over a 10-year period. Minister for Health and…

by DR MUIRIS HOUSTON A MAJOR survey of 10-17 year olds in the Republic has found evidence of health inequalities among school children. The Inequalities in Health among School-Aged Children in Ireland report, published this morning, has been prepared from data gathered for the 2006…