Word: kavanagh
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...Poland and many other countries. Between the late 1980s and today, the percentage of foreign-born residents in Ireland grew from around 1% to almost 12%. "People choose gaelscoileanna for all kinds of reasons, but realistically it would rarely be the first choice for newly arrived immigrants," says Colette Kavanagh, a principal at Esker Educate Together School in Lucan, a commuter town outside of Dublin...
...That disconnect, says Kavanagh, could engender a defacto segregation in the Irish school system - and a potentially unfair distribution of more resources to Irish schools. "These schools could unintentionally lead to a kind of white flight from English-language education," she says. At Kavanagh's English-speaking school, one of the most diverse in the country, 95% of the students are children of immigrants. At the nearest Irish-language school, only 5% of the student body is foreign-born...
...shopping centers have followed suit in the past two years. Some 46 of the 1,200 enclosed malls in the U.S. have adopted parental-escort policies, and others are likely to join them soon, according to the International Council of Shopping Centers. Says the trade group's spokesman, Malachy Kavanagh: "Every time I talk to security guys and management, more and more of them are considering doing...
...media landscape, warm and fuzzy is rarely enough. Popular attitudes to politicians are still set by the tabloids, which take no prisoners. And so far, the red tops aren't convinced. "I can't get to grips with Cameron, and I don't think the electorate can," says Trevor Kavanagh, the longtime political voice of the Sun. Here's a warning for the conservative comer: if the Sun thinks you're not substantial enough, that's a weighty problem to worry about...
...increase in numbers with three Houses adds an element of extravagance, Kavanagh said—“it’s just a bigger party...