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Glen Hansard: ‘I have regrets about the Apollo House protest’
Glen Hansard: ‘I have regrets about the Apollo House protest’

I really like my library. It's big and spacious and cosy: We asked you to tell us what you think of your college libraries. This is what you told us. Read here.

Who said learning Irish wasn't fun! Prominent Irish band Kíla have published an experimental DVD aimed at inspiring children to learn songs in Irish through the combination of music, lyrics and animation. Éanna Ó Caollaí reports.

This Saturday is International Students' Day. The day was named to mark events on November 17th, 1939, when the Nazis stormed the University of Prague where students were protesting against the occupation of Czechoslovakia, writes Malcolm Byrne.

Jameson whiskey has announced details of its annual international graduate programme. The company says the three-year programme, which is now in its 27th year, is aimed at "driven" graduates with "serious ambition". Read here.

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Glen Hansard: 'I have regrets about Apollo House'. Glen Hansard has been away. Has he been for a week on the beach or a few days at a spa? He has not. The craggy, bearded singer has just returned from Joni Mitchell's 75th birthday bash in Los Angeles. Root around online and you'll find footage of him singing Coyote to the great woman herself, writes Donald Clarke.

Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) retained less than €1 million from the €65 million sale of a spin-out company developed on its campus, according to a special report by the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG), writes Carl O'Brien.

Panti Bliss had a message for thousands of young people who gathered today at a wellbeing summit for teenagers: "Difference is good." The drag queen told a packed audience at Zeminar in Dublin's RDS - billed as "a life-changing day for generation Z" - that diversity is good for everyone, write Carl O'Brien and Magdalina Afanaseva.

Read. Memorise. Regurgitate. Leaving Cert students know the drill. But, when it comes to college, rote learning and fact regurgitation isn't enough. Lecturers expect something different. From taking notes to critical thinking, we look at the skills you need to do well at college. Read part 1 of our study guide here.

The Government is to fund dozens of women-only professorships over the next three years to help "eradicate gender inequality" in higher education institutions. Carl O'Brien reports.