awh c'monnnn cowan!!! mary coughlan!?!

gitterbug

so we got mary coughlan to look after us.... hmmmm

yeahhhhhhhh maybe all the unemployed teachers/young people will now get some money to emigrate and have the craic this year!!! :eek:

dambarude

I was gobsmacked to hear of her appointment. My God, of all the ministers that could have been moved to Education and Skills, why did it have to be her?

killbillvol2

I think it shows exactly how little value this "government" places on education. First we get the utter buffoon O' Keeffe and now this ignoramus. :mad:

implausible

And here was me thinking she'd be demoted to Minister for Small Spuds and other middlin' vegetables....

What's the story with 'Skills'? It doesn't encompass Fás so what is the Govt up to?

dambarude

killbillvol2 wrote: »

I think it shows exactly how little value this "government" places on education. First we get the utter buffoon O' Keeffe and now this ignoramus. :mad:

I don't think that Batt O'Keefe was that bad. He made cuts in sore places, but I don't know if any other minister would have done much differently. Coughlan, on the other hand, is an entirely different kettle of fish.

deemark wrote: »

What's the story with 'Skills'? It doesn't encompass Fás so what is the Govt up to?

I don't know what Skills is meant to entail, but I do know that I much preferred the title Department of Education and Science than the new title. It just doesn't sound right!

maynooth_rules

Its a joke that she has been given any portfolio, let alone one of such importance as Education. She has been completly inept and deserved to be completly demoted to the backbenches. But Biffo likes to look after his friends.

TheDriver

My thoughts the minute I saw her name couldn't even be printed here................. Wonder how Calleady will manage his "reform the public service" role..........

xt40

i wonder will einsteins theory of evolution will be getting added to the science curriculum (or maybe the french one)

what a braindead moronic embarassment she is. :mad:

She should be going back to school, sooner FF go the better.

delta_bravo

Quite disappointed in this. I thought Batt was a decent minister but Coughlan has only done work in agriculture, she failed in enterprise. Would have been better to put Hanafin back in education and stick Coughlan out into Sport but I hear her and Cowan are good mates.

livinginkorea

delta_bravo wrote: »

Quite disappointed in this. I thought Batt was a decent minister but Coughlan has only done work in agriculture, she failed in enterprise. Would have been better to put Hanafin back in education and stick Coughlan out into Sport but I hear her and Cowan are good mates.

Met Batt when he came here on Paddy's Day recently. Definitely he was doing his bit, trying to promote Ireland a lot to the Korean government and trying to find ways to get Korean students to study in Ireland. Signed an agreement to get 400 sent from Korea to Ireland and vice versa.

Considering around 400k students leave Korea to study (camps, working holidays, lectures in universities, special intensive courses) every year and that Ireland only get around 200 of them, they saw a huge area where we could get cash for the country - international fees.

Hopefully the torch will be carried on.