For the sake of the unemployed, spare education more cuts

“There is an emerging consensus that all Government departments – including Education – must take their share of the pain during this economic crisis. I don’t agree. What Colm McCarthy and his Bord Snip team have failed to consider is the fact that cuts in expenditure in one area can (and often do) lead to even higher increases in expenditure in others …” (more)

[Brian Mooney, Irish Times, 6 October]