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By Niall Murray, Education Correspondent PUPILS whose teachers take classroom management training are better behaved and have a better chance in the education system, research suggests.The study examined the behaviour of 217 pupils in 22 infant classes at 11 Limerick schools, some of whose staff…

By CARL O'BRIEN.  GLENN CUNNINGHAM and Adriano Vilar have become the first gay couple in the State to have their civil partnership formally recognised by the State.The couple, who work at Argos, formed a civil partnership at a ceremony in Northern Ireland last year.Like other…

Interviews with Dermot Ahern TD, Minister for Justice and Law Reform, Kieran Rose, Chair and Co-founder of GLEN, Christopher Robson, Board Member and Co-founder of GLEN, Muriel Walls, Solicitor and Family Law Expert, Dr. Fergus Ryan, Head, Department of Law DIT. The signing of the…

“This will be a good year for very many same-sex couples who will now be able to have formal recognition, protection and support for their relationships” said Kieran Rose, Chair of GLEN. Under the Civil Partnership Bill and Certain Rights of Cohabitants Act 2010, which…

I am just concluding almost a month working from Atlantic’s offices in Ireland.  Among the many terrific experiences I’ve had was a visit to the National University of Ireland, Galway (NUIG), where last week my colleagues and I met with the faculty of the Life…

By Conor O'Clery.  THE OTHER DAY I saw a man wearing a tie. I had never seen this man wearing a tie before, although he is 79 years old. I have travelled the world with him, eaten out in his company in cities as far…

By Jamie Smyth, Social Affairs Correspondent. The government has withdrawn its appeal against a landmark ruling by the High Court that Irish law on transgender rights is in breach of the European Convention on Human Rights. The decision brings to an end a 13 year…

In the 2008 film Sin Nombre, the audience follows a young Honduran woman named Sayra as she winds her way through Mexico and into the United States in search of a better life. Her trip is lonely and dangerous, and through her eyes Sin Nombre…

A SMALL number of interconnected people wielded massive power at the apex of Irish business during the boom years 2005-2007, according to a report from the TASC think-tank. In the report, Mapping the Golden Circle, TASC reveals the extent of this informal network across 40…

Archways and the Incredible Years programme are Atlantic Children & Youth Programme grantees via the Clondalkin Partnership. Archways, is today (Monday, 21st Sept) launching the first set of findings from the Incredible Years BASIC parent training programme for children aged 3-6yrs. The Incredible Years (IY)…