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Lighting a Fire! All things Teaching and Learning with the Teaching Council

Mary Robinson, former president of Ireland, is a keynote speaker at FÉILTE 2020!

December 01, 2020 • The Teaching Council - An Chomhairle Mhúinteoireachta • Season 1 • Episode 2

Mary Robinson, the Former president of Ireland and former UN Commission for Human Rights, was a guest at FÉILTE 2020, the annual Festival of Education in Learning and Teaching Excellence.

She was the keynote interviewee at the festival, and director of The Teaching Council, Tomás Ó Ruairc interviewed her via video link.

She spoke about the importance of teachers in our society and had a wide-ranging discussion on topics from climate change to social justice, to Covid 19 to poetry!

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