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FIERSOME WARRIORS, AREN’T they? This is Richard Humphreys and Finnian Mc Veigh in a (mock) jousting battle at the Athenry Walled Town celebration this weekend.
The boys were taking part in one of the 1,700+ events happening around the country all of this week to celebrate our National Heritage Week.
You can find out what’s happening in your area – and indeed register your own event – at heritageweek.ie. There are two free apps, one each for Android and iPhone.
The photographic team from Heritage Week have shared a number of images with us of some of the events that have already taken place. Fun times.
Road bowling at Fenor Cross, Fenor, Co Waterford:
Hot air balloon workshops in Ranelagh, Dublin:
A waltz in an interactive promenade performance of Little Women at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin:
Basketmaking at the Hall of the Red Earl in Galway:
Examining the biosphere at Clara Bog in Offaly:
More from Athenry’s Walled Towns Day in Galway:
Something cool happening in your area this week? Let other TheJournal.ie users know about it in the comments section below…
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Time for the minister to go. You could win money on the time she says “extraordinary times”. Has failed to answer any of the questions tonight.
@Brendan Woods: newly elected and at the top table. This Govt brings Bilko or The Little Rascals to mind.
@Brendan Woods: like all ministers required to cover up for incompetent civil servents
If worst non core subjects were included , surely all students were affected,not just 6,500.
@Leonard O’mahony: Exactly. The media questioning is poor. It doesn’t make sense that it’s only 6500 that had the 2 worse subjects. Also doesn’t make sense that having 2 worse subjects caused any grade increases. There is a lot more to come.
@Leonard O’mahony: the error was about chosing lower junior cert marks! So how many had junior cert? 90% we are being mislead on thus to soften the bow.
@Leonard O’mahony: Only 6,500 reported that something was wrong. Likely though that every result was effected
This is so bad. Poor people distraught. Absolute shambles.
Well folks the reason they would not announce further new restrictions to bring Cork to level 3 has all been laid before us. They are clutching at straws and imagine a parent forking out 3 grand last week so the young fella got a place in Galway and then he finds out that he should have got a place in Cork where he is from . I say no more
@Maurice O Neill: its infuriating
I don’t know if this has been reported as wasnt listeningto radio, but round 2 offers that came out last week, have been put in stasis, for UCD anyway. My niece got a round 2 offer of her first preference, accepted it last week, moved back home from where she had gone to start the 5th pref course (cancelling that in meantime), and is now in limbo as seemingly UCD have told her that they are now not finalising the acceptance until this debacle is resolved. Limbo for her…
@Lisa Daly: University College Limbo!!!! The whole thing us a mess. Do the Department think they are dealing with the future prospects of real human beings?
Sweet Jesus…The circus continues. The part time Taoiseacht Michael Martin must be pondering the old Chinese saying…Be careful what you wish for..While the future part time Taoiseacht Varadkar appoints Jerry Buttimer and other senators who attended golf gate to Oireachtas committes. What a F..king circus.
Right mess!
Mishap?
@Anne Marie Devlin: I see they’ve changed the headline
@Anne Marie Devlin: they’ve changed it three times now
A €15 million howler.
@Mick Whistler: or whistler
All students should receive the result they were entitled to. If you received a higher mark as a result of an error you should not benefit from it as others will lose out. If they succeeded in obtaining a course on the back of it they probably should keep their spot but they should get their CAO points changed for future CAO round offers this year and onwards.
Leonardo da vinci never went to university. It kept him awake at night too.
This is a cluster of cluster fecks, in an ongoing clusterfeck…a tri-cluster feck!
Am I missing something here? How are only 6500 students affected by this coding error? Were the junior cert results of only 6500 students submitted by schools? Surely it should be affecting all students.. Except those who maybe changed school or went to private grind schools where no junior cert results would have been submitted.. I assume? Please feel free to lambaste me if I have missed something obvious!!!
If they knew last week , they should have advised students/parents….. before we paid thousands for accomodation later in the week!
My daughter got 576 knowing she was given clean sweep by her teachers!! Downgraded by two subjects and missed out on her first choice!! The stress is intolerable!
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