Home Economics to be made compulsory in fight against obesity
A report by the Joint Oireachtas Children and Youth Affairs Committee on tackling obesity has recommended that Home Economics be introduced as a compulsory Junior Cycle subject. The report claims that as many as one in four children are overweight or obese, and that the prevalence of obesity among children…
McLoughlin welcomes €340,000 for St Angela’s College in Sligo
A third-level college in Sligo is to receive funding of more than €340,000. The money is to help cater for increasing student numbers at St Angela’s College, on the shore of Lough Gill. Fine Gael Deputy Tony McLoughlin has announced today that the college is to get the money. He says…
International Economics Conference at St. Angela’s College
A major international Home Economics Conference is taking place in Sligo this week. The International Federation for Home Economics Conference is being hosted by St. Angela’s College from tomorrow until Saturday. The Minister of State for Health Promotion Marcella Corcoran-Kennedy will be in attendance on Friday morning along with a…