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Further education and training should be considered a winning choice, not a consolation prize

FET options are simply different tools for different goals, and choosing such paths is a decision made on its own merits

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24 Aug 2026, 05:09 UTC
Last checked
24 Aug 2026, 16:40 UTC
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bf4fa0e03093...dd9b20
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Publisher
The Irish Times
Country
Ireland
Source published
24 Aug 2026, 05:01 UTC
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No update timestamp supplied
Byline
Peter McGuire
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FET options are simply different tools for different goals, and choosing such paths is a decision made on its own merits
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    Further education and training should be considered a winning choice, not a consolation prize

    FET options are simply different tools for different goals, and choosing such paths is a decision made on its own merits

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    bf4fa0e03093...dd9b20
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    a1b8390619d4...705efb
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#1874
Observed
24 Aug 2026, 05:09 UTC
HTTP result
200 / parsed
Raw payload
862,102 bytes, private gzip evidence
Collector
news-ledger/0.1
Public boundary
metadata and excerpt