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Government initiative to encourage more Travellers to become teachers

The initiative is aimed at encouraging disadvantaged groups into the teaching profession.

THE GOVERNMENT HAS announced funding for a new initiative aimed at encouraging groups from disadvantaged backgrounds, people with a disability and members of the Traveller community to become teachers.

The programme will result in more than 120 new teachers coming through the system from groups which have been traditionally under-represented in teaching.

Minister for Education Richard Bruton this week announced the allocation of €2.4 million for the initiative.

It will target students from DEIS schools from Junior Cycle onwards, to promote teaching as a profession. This will be complimented by academic supports for these students in areas such as Irish and Maths. They will also be able to engage in ‘taster’ initial teacher education modules.

Further Education students will benefit from the creation of a specific pathway into post primary teacher education.

The initiative will also see providers working directly with communities with low participation rates in higher education and will support teachers to enable them to act as mentors to aspiring teachers.

The department said the aim is to provide more role models for students in these groups, to show them there are pathways open to them.

It is also hoped having more diversity in the teaching profession will help provide better outcomes for children in disadvantaged groups as it will ensure there are more teachers in place who understand the challenges.

“At the heart of everything we are doing in education is ensuring that every child has the opportunity to fulfil their potential, regardless of their circumstances. Education has a unique capacity to break down the cycles of disadvantage. The basic aim of this Government is to sustain our economic progress and use it to build a fair and compassionate society. No area is more important to this vision than education,” Bruton said.

“We are lucky in Ireland to have such a dedicated and committed teaching profession. Our teachers and school leaders will continue to play a pivotal role in helping children to achieve their potential.”

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    Mute Notty Tee
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    Jul 4th 2025, 9:23 AM

    Dual use walking and cycling is a nightmare. Just walk down Caple street and you will see 95% still walking on the footpath because of commercial cyclists whizzing by.

    There should be a 10km speed limit or something. Commercial cyclists should all have to have a licence and insurance.

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    Mute Ronan Mc
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    Jul 4th 2025, 10:55 AM

    @Notty Tee: Speed bumps for cyclist, NOW!

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    Mute Notty Tee
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    Jul 4th 2025, 11:17 AM

    @Ronan Mc: Your obviously wearing spandex

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    Mute Alan Kelly
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    Jul 4th 2025, 12:04 PM

    @Ronan Mc: agree! Speed ramps are great fun when cycling…great for doing wheelies!

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    Mute Trevor Donoghue
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    Jul 4th 2025, 2:38 PM

    @Ronan Mc: We already have them, they are called pedestrians

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    Mute UK Hurling Bloke
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    Jul 6th 2025, 2:14 PM

    @Notty Tee: there’s a difference between knowing your shht and knowing you’re shht..

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    Mute lastfewchocices
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    Jul 4th 2025, 8:01 AM

    This will be great if it works well. Such a lovely street view from the quays.

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    Mute Thesaltyurchin
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    Jul 4th 2025, 8:13 AM

    Good to see these streets closed to traffic. Capel St. is great, works well with all the food options there. another tram from Trinity, down Thomas st by the storehouse to Heuston, be perfect.

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    Mute p gert
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    Jul 5th 2025, 10:11 AM

    @Thesaltyurchin: There’s enough trams for the inner city. Pedestrianisation is what it’s about now.

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    Mute Lance Taylor
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    Jul 4th 2025, 8:27 AM

    I look forward to walking through it but only im daylight hours when safe to do so.

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    Mute John Paul
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    Jul 4th 2025, 9:08 AM

    @Lance Taylor: Didn’t take long for the usual crowd to come in with their hysterical views.

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    Mute Thomas O'Brien
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    Jul 4th 2025, 10:24 AM

    @John Paul:
    How is one person a crowd.

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    Mute John Paul
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    Jul 4th 2025, 1:23 PM

    @Thomas O’Brien: Any article about dublin(in fact some not even about Dublin)and the usual crowd are in(culchies mainly)foaming at the mouth to whinge about Dublin.

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    Mute Thomas O'Brien
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    Jul 4th 2025, 1:26 PM

    @John Paul:
    What makes you think he’s not from Dublin.

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    Mute k owens
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    Jul 4th 2025, 1:35 PM

    @Lance Taylor: don’t tell anyone but it’s bright till after 10 pm now

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    Mute Thomas O'Brien
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    Jul 4th 2025, 1:37 PM

    @k owens:
    Shit happens in broad daylight.

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    Mute Éamonn O'Kane
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    Jul 4th 2025, 6:34 PM

    @Lance Taylor: as a 68 year old mobility scooter using man, I have no fear about being in Dublin at night

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    Mute Thomas O'Brien
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    Jul 4th 2025, 6:48 PM

    @Éamonn O’Kane:
    Remember Neil Shadwick.

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    Mute Frank M
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    Jul 4th 2025, 10:13 AM

    When can I stop paying my road tax . And when will there be a bike and E Scooter tax .

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    Mute Thesaltyurchin
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    Jul 4th 2025, 10:19 AM

    @Frank M: You think they’ll get rid of a tax?

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    Mute Maurice F Glennon
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    Jul 4th 2025, 10:39 AM

    @Frank M: What do 37,000 km. of separated cycle lanes get the Dutch?

    74 minutes of cycling per week per capita; preventing 6,500 premature deaths and €19 billion in healthcare costs each year.

    Ask not whether your country can afford to invest in cycling—ask whether it can afford not to.

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    Mute Thomas O'Brien
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    Jul 4th 2025, 11:05 AM

    @Maurice F Glennon:
    Don’t go to Dallas, but if you do stay away from Dealey plaza.

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    Mute Okiec 666
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    Jul 4th 2025, 9:42 AM

    Dublin is such an anti car city, Sure just ban cars from crossing over the canals altogether.

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    Mute RockyRoader
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    Jul 4th 2025, 7:27 PM

    @Okiec 666: Great idea. Just buses and cyclists after 11am.

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    Mute Paul Linehan
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    Jul 4th 2025, 10:56 AM

    Parliment Street was always one of my favourite streets in Dublin. With City Hall one end and Grattan Bridge the other it is a lovely walk through area. Pedestrianisation is great, but I do believe that cyclists should not be allowed use it. This can be policed by pedestrian gateways. There is no need for commercial cyclists traffic and drug dealers whizzing up and down making it more dangerous than vehicular traffic.

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    Mute eoin fitzpatrick
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    Jul 4th 2025, 2:53 PM

    @Paul Linehan: how is it more dangerous than vehicular traffic? i only ever see motorists killing pedestrians in the news

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    Mute Paul Linehan
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    Jul 4th 2025, 8:42 PM

    @eoin fitzpatrick: Whatever Eoin…. maybe if there was more data published for pedestrian injuries caused by cyclists you might understand the logic. Deaths by collision are not the be all and end all of road incidents.

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    Mute p gert
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    Jul 5th 2025, 10:15 AM

    @Paul Linehan: Commercial cyclists can cause incidents for sure but not rarely cyclists in general. They are seriously vulnerable on the roads. Data isn’t there for injuries caused by cyclists because they are few and far between.

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    Mute Thomas O'Brien
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    Jul 5th 2025, 11:06 AM

    @p gert:
    Cyclists usually hit pedestrians and keep going.

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    Mute Mojo
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    Jul 4th 2025, 8:57 AM

    Capel st should have been better quality just like both Henry and Grafton streets.

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    Jul 5th 2025, 11:42 AM

    A retractable roof would be nice now but maybe the businesses on the street would pay for the bill as a result of this good fortune. (No money coming in if all their footfall were sitting on buses)

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