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I like the rather rueful expression of this girl holding her ice skates, in this watercolour by Swedish artist Carl Larsson (1917), and the still-life of the vase with daffodils on the benchtop

"Unsustainable workload increase" and "the new senior cycle development" are concerns the Teachers' Union Ire. now have. Yet they balloted to accept the senior cycle deal recently. Beggars Belief !!

Let’s be clear … the “system capacity” is defined by the implementation support measures. It is grossly inadequate, or at least unfairly distributed, and remains so after the Teachers' Union Ire. voted yes to those support measures. This is beyond stupid folks … it nonsensical. If I were

Ciara Quill 🇮🇪🇫🇷🇩🇪🇪🇺 💚💛 Teachers' Union Ire. If I were a TUI member I’d feel lied to. One mistake question their decision to support those measures - seems like it was solely designed to distance themselves from the ASTI and put talks of a merger to bed. It certainly wasn’t based on the reality on the ground, which they

This week’s artwork of the day celebrates fruit. 🍏 Green Plums 🎨 Joseph Decker 📅 1885 🏛️ National Gallery of Art

Meet PEPE EL RATONERO!!🐈😻 Our cat at the Embassy!🥹🫠 He loves Spanish ham and naps! 😋😴 What a life!!!!!!😺 We adore him!!!🐈😽

Talking out of both sides of their mouth comes to mind….. Bit late TUI! 👀

Will second-level teachers who are ASTI members get this pay increase as well or are they still on the naughty step after standing up for their students and voting against Senior Cycle reform (unlike many TUI members who voted for it)? #edchatie

Marching to the Dáil won’t achieve much.

News from #France 🇫🇷 French president and wife sue rightwing US commentator Candace Owens for defamation Owens has claimed that the french First Lady, Brigitte Macron, is a man, and that the French president is controlled by the CIA theguardian.com/world/2025/jul…

French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte have filed a defamation lawsuit in the US against right-wing influencer and podcaster Candace Owens, centred on her claim that France's first lady is male rte.ie/news/newslens/…

One would hope that this “education convention” won’t end up being a talking shop only for selected “stakeholders” and that the issues, concerns and suggestions of teachers on the ground and in classrooms will actually be listened to and taken on board. We shall see. 🤔 #edchatie

Ciara Reilly sums up well one of my main concerns with this proposed education convention. “It's essential that this includes genuine voices and doesn't just recycle the usual soundbites from the 'approved actors' who too often dominate these spaces.” Well said. #edchatie

The pessimist in me is inclined to agree with Diarmuid re: this proposed education convention.

#edchatie