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School grants for hi-tech equipment
Grants worth €2.2 million will help primary schools to purchase hi-tech equipment, writes Fiona Gartland.
The money is targeted at newly built schools or those that completed large extensions in 2008, Minister for Education Batt O'Keeffe said yesterday.
The 72 primary schools, including 15 in Dublin and four each in Waterford and Galway, will each get €5,000 a classroom to buy computer hardware, software and digital equipment.
It is the first time an information communication technology (ICT) allowance has been allocated to each classroom at primary level.
Equipment to be purchased will include digital projectors, internet-enabled laptops, classroom computers and visualisers - digital devices that have connections to computers and projectors.
Mr O'Keeffe said the grants would help schools integrate ICT into teaching and learning.
"I'm very conscious of the need to boost schools' ICT capacity and I want to ensure that technology becomes an integral part of the learning process at an early age," he said.
Woman attacked in Belfast toilets
A woman in her 50s was left with a serious face wound after she was attacked in public toilets in Belfast on Saturday. She was assaulted by a man in toilets at Coles Alley off Church Lane in the city centre at about 5pm.
A man, believed to have been armed with a knife, was seen running in the direction of Anne Street.
GAA projects in US get €680,000
Three major GAA projects in the US are to receive €680,000 ($950,000) between them, Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin has said. Over €780,000 ($1.08 million) has been earmarked for Irish community projects in the US.
The announcement brings total Government funding to Irish-related organisations in the US in 2008 to over €3.6 million ($5 million).
The €680,000 is to be allocated to three GAA projects. San Francisco GAA facilities will receive €360,000 ($500,000); Chicago Gaelic Park is to get €180,000 ($250,000); and Rockland County GAA will receive almost €145,00 ($200,000). A further €97,000 ($135,000) will be paid to four emigrant services projects in New York.
Funeral arrangements for late Tony Gregory TD
The funeral arrangements for Independent TD Tony Gregory have been announced.
Mr Gregory's body will be removed from his home at Sackville Gardens, Dublin, at 5pm tomorrow to arrive at St Agatha's Church, North William Street, at 5.30pm.
His funeral will take place after 10am Mass on Wednesday before his burial at the Old Balgriffin Cemetery. Mr Gregory (61) died last Friday in St Francis Hospice, Raheny following a year-long battle with stomach cancer.