New research on racism in Irish schools. Happy 40th birthday to Balscadden NS. Why are fuel costs rising? And much more news!
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New research by the Irish Second Level Students' Union has found that a quarter of ethnic minority Post-Primary students said they experienced racism at least once a month - with 15% experiencing it once a week or more.
One of the authors of the report is Bel Aghedo, who joined Cathal in studio to share her findings and personal experience.
Balscadden NS in Dublin recently had a week long extravaganza to honour their 40th anniversary, so Florence just had to go and join in on the fun!
Now you might have heard people complaining about the price of oil going up recently and it's impact on the cost of living...but why is that happening? Well, RTE's Economics Editor, David Murphy popped in to explain it all!
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