Role Model for the Young
The Education Minister, Caitriona Ruane, was presenting prizes at St Colm's High School in Twinbrook this week. During a lengthy speech she expressed sadness that the film about the Irish Civil War "The Wind That Shakes The Barley" had drawn criticism. Exhorting the pupils to do their best, she said people should be thankful to Bobby Sands for paving the way towards a better future for young people. There was a local connection as the IRA hunger striker lived in Twinbrook from the age of 18, so I presume the speech was not a single transferable one which the minister will use at all secondary schools here.
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