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18th June 2004

UCC Conferring 2004

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21st May 2004

Privatising Universities

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Station:                NEWSTALK 106

Programme:        DAVID McWILLIAMS

Date:                    21 May 04

Presenter:  Let us stick with the idea of perceived elitism in education because it’s once again come under the radar stream with the publications in the … Continue reading

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7th January 2004

University Challenge. Wall Street Journal

LONDON LETTER

Let the Market In

By EDWARD M. WALSH

DUBLIN — At the start of the decade, Europe set out, in its ambitious Lisbon strategy, to build “the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world” by 2010. … Continue reading

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5th December 2003

Decentralisation

‘Decentralisation’ is a term that voters in most parts of the world find so desirable that it ranks with ‘motherhood and apple pie’: almost everyone is for it.  But here in Ireland, where Dublin has so outpaced the growth of … Continue reading

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30th June 2003

Atlantic Technopolis

Regional development has not worked in Ireland.  A continuous drift of people to Dublin has both weakened the regions and congested the capital. This imbalance has triggered the preparation of The National Spatial Strategy and much effort and consultation has … Continue reading

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