Stark differences in educational participation in IE and NI, which lie behind many of other differences found in the Shared Island research programme Adele Bergin @esri.ie providing an excellent overview

Delighted to hear Taoiseach Micheál Martin discuss the findings of the @esri research programme on the social and economic issues on a shared island. He mentions the untapped potential of cooperation and challenges faced highlighted by the research.

Worrying trends in school attendance post-Covid in both primary and secondary schools in Ireland. Highest absentee rates in the most disadvantaged school. High levels of school completion have been a real success story but declining attendance &school engagement threatens this