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Entries from July 2007

"Dad, can we put ladybirds in it?"

July 22nd, 2007 No Comments

These are the immortal words of Padraig Harrington’s son when he was hugged by his famous dad after receiving the Claret Jug.
Priceless.
Well done to Padraig – what a performance and a comeback.

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TCD Senatorial Candidates

July 20th, 2007 No Comments

I recently wrote a post about the last General Election. Well, the time is upon us for the Seanad elections. As a TCD grad, I am entitled to vote for the three Dublin University Seanad seats. There are 11 candidates for the three seats, so competition is likely to be hot. [...]

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New HEA Report on Research Infrastructure

July 20th, 2007 58 Comments

As reported in yesterday’s Times in a piece entitled “Alarm as brightest students reject computing courses”, the HEA has recently published a report entitled Research Infrastructure in Ireland – Building for Tomorrow
I have not yet had an opportunity to digest the full report, but the newspaper article highlights that there has been “a decline in [...]

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