Last week I attended the launch of a new document which contains guidelines for schools and principals on how to deal with Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual staff and students in our education system. You can read it here. GLEN, the Gay and Lesbian Equality Network have put this well written document together and I think [...]

Below is a recent book review I did for the Irish Times on the late Senator Edward Kennedy’s autobiography. Sat, Oct 03, 2009 AUTOBIOGRAPHY : True Compass: A Memoir , By Edward M Kennedy, Little Brown, 507pp. £20 TED KENNEDY’S DEATH, after a heroic battle with cancer, brought to an end an extraordinary political career. [...]

I recently discovered an interesting document from 1969 which outlined the Labour Party’s education policy from the Annual Conference of that year. I have scanned it so that it is available for all to read. Due to its comprehensive nature, I have had to break it down into 3 parts. It is a fascinating document, [...]