The Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has branded the Budget allocation of €9 million for mobile phone pouches in secondary schools as "a terrible waste of public money." Speaking in Co ...

What are these smartphone ‘pouches’ being introduced in schools? And how do they work?Opens in new window ] And yet, the announcement in Budget 2025 that €9 million is to be provided to fund ...

Schools have said the €9m set aside for mobile phone pouches in Budget 2025 would have been better spent on the “more significant and biting” problems they face. The decision to allocate the ...

For everyone who needs it. THE PROPOSAL TO spend €9 million on locked phone pouches for secondary schools has been branded “grotesque, inexcusable” and a “pet project” by opposition parties.

It was announced in Budget 2025 that €9 million is to be provided to fund efforts to keep students off their phones during the school day, including the provision of secure pouches to store the ...

A total of €9 million has been allocated for schools to purchase equipment to store student’ phones – such as lockable phone pouches, electronic lockers or other storage solutions that will ...

Education Minister Norma Foley says €9m of the education budget will go to schools for the purchase of pouches to lock pupils’ mobile phones away during the school day. Ms Foley had previously ...

Plenty of us have mastered clever hairstyles designed to hide exactly how dirty our strands are, but if you find yourself relying on updos and dry shampoo despite regular washes, that could be a ...

Firstly, it's important to remember that there is no magic bullet solution, and a shampoo on its own is not going to remedy the issue. Secondly, it pays to do your research about the claims (if ...

With a range of flavors and eye-catching ads, nicotine pouches may be on your radar—even if you completely eschew cigarettes and e-cigarettes. And the market is flooded with plenty of nicotine ...

With a range of flavors and eye-catching ads, nicotine pouches may be on your radar—even if you completely eschew cigarettes and e-cigarettes. And the market is flooded with plenty of nicotine ...

OTTAWA — The Opposition Conservatives are rejecting the federal government’s decision to restrict the sale of nicotine pouches to pharmacies, saying it makes “little sense” to remove them ...