Caít Keane (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

When Senators are quoting, I wish they would quote what the leader of the country said also.

I compliment the students of St. Mark's community school in Tallaght who have taken on the media for their negative reporting. When the Trinity access programme was being launched by the Tánaiste, an event which was attended by 1,300 students from around the country, she was not even asked one question about the programme or how children from deprived areas, as well as good areas, could not access universities. The youth deserve praise for asking the media to embrace the positives in society. One letter read: "The youth of today are the future of this country and if our voices are suppressed even during our most important educational days then our fine country will never progress". Another read: "I would like to recommend that your newspaper doesn't always look at the negative side to our country but actually embraces and acknowledges the positives in our society ...".