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'''Caitríona Ruane''' ] (b. ], ]) is a ] politician in ]. She is a member of the ] for ].<ref></ref><ref></ref> '''Caitríona Ruane''' (born 1962) is a ] politician who served as the ] from 2016 to 2017, and was a ] (MLA) for ] from 2003 to 2017.


In the first ] under First Minister ] and deputy First Minister ] she was appointed Minister of Education. She faced opposition over the scrapping of the Transfer Examination (]) and her subsequent plans for a replacement. She was replaced by ] after the 2011 election.
Ruane is a former professional tennis player who lives in ], ] and is married with two children.<ref></ref>


==Background==
Caitríona was a prominent member of the Bring Them Home campaign for three men convicted in Colombia of training Marxist rebels.
Ruane is a former professional ] player who represented Ireland in the ].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.fedcup.com/en/players/player.aspx?id=800177406 |title=Fed Cup - Caitríona Ruane player page |access-date=7 November 2017 |archive-date=7 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107221310/https://www.fedcup.com/en/players/player.aspx?id=800177406 |url-status=live }}</ref> She now lives in ] and is married with two children.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.stratagem-ni.com/southdownmlas.php |title=Stratagem NI – South Down |access-date=2 February 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928094608/http://www.stratagem-ni.com/southdownmlas.php |archive-date=28 September 2007 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> In the past Ruane has acted as director of the ] and chairperson of the St Patrick's Carnival Committee in ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/636673.stm|title=Legal challenge to St Pat's Day funding|work=bbc.co.uk|date=9 February 2000}}</ref>


=="Bring Them Home" campaign==
She resides in the Republic of Ireland, yet allows her children to be sent to a Northern Ireland Grammar School. She wants to destroy the 11+ Exam which will resultantly destroy these grammar schools- but she doesnt mind, seeing shes got her children through the system. snide, hypoctricial cow
Ruane was a prominent member of the ''Bring Them Home'' campaign for the ], which sought the safe return of three Irishmen later convicted in their absence in ] of training ] insurgents.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/6632769.stm|title=NI cabinet ministers: at a glance|work=bbc.co.uk|date=7 May 2007|access-date=8 May 2007|archive-date=19 May 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070519042334/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/6632769.stm|url-status=live}}</ref>


==Abolition of the 11-plus==
Ruane has faced opposition for her support for abolition of the ] examination, originally planned by her predecessor ].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7126557.stm |title=BBC NEWS - UK - Northern Ireland - Minister scraps the 11-plus exam |accessdate=22 August 2015 |date=4 December 2007 |archive-date=6 December 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071206105947/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7126557.stm |url-status=live}}</ref> She has faced opposition from the ]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7401793.stm |title=BBC NEWS - UK - Northern Ireland - Ruane plans 'need DUP's support' |date=15 May 2008}}</ref> and ]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7399606.stm |title=BBC NEWS - UK - Northern Ireland - SDLP hits out at new exam plans |date=13 May 2008 |access-date=22 January 2009 |archive-date=17 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517174202/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7399606.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> as well as from 30 grammar schools in Northern Ireland, causing them to form the AQE<ref> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090206205418/http://aqe.org.uk/ |date=6 February 2009 }} Home Page</ref> (Association for Quality Education), which offered a replacement for the transfer examination.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7364023.stm |title=Ruane attacks 'elitist' schools |publisher=BBC News |date=24 April 2008}}</ref> She was alleged to have delayed the publication of a report which showed that public opinion favoured academic selection.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/education/delayed-literacy-report-that-didnt-back-ministers-views-28559000.html |title=Delayed: literacy report that didn't back minister's views|work=]|date=19 February 2010|access-date=2 August 2020|archive-date=20 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020160737/https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/education/delayed-literacy-report-that-didnt-back-ministers-views-28559000.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In March 2011, Ruane caused controversy by claiming that all pupils should be given the opportunity to study the ], that ] should be made more similar to that in the Republic of Ireland, and that "the debate on academic selection is now over".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/education/ruane-teach-irish-in-every-northern-ireland-school-15117970.html|title=Ruane: Teach Irish in every Northern Ireland school|newspaper=Belfast Telegraph|date=18 March 2011|access-date=19 March 2011|archive-date=22 March 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110322050508/http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/education/ruane-teach-irish-in-every-northern-ireland-school-15117970.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Director of the Governing Bodies Association, which represents Northern Irish grammar schools, John Hart, said, "I think the minister is fooling only herself in trying to convince us that the debate surrounding academic selection is over. Some 26,000 parents last year did not think it was over. As we have said in the past, the minister washed her hands of responsibility for academic selection, so she would be better letting those with a more responsible approach get on with it, instead of petty badgering."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/education/selection-debate-isnt-finished-yet-insist-ulster-grammars-28598983.html|title=Selection debate isn't finished yet, insist Ulster grammars|newspaper=Belfast Telegraph|date=18 March 2011|access-date=2 August 2020|archive-date=23 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023111528/https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/education/selection-debate-isnt-finished-yet-insist-ulster-grammars-28598983.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

==See also==
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Latest revision as of 18:15, 21 December 2024

Irish politician (born 1962)

Caitríona Ruane
Ruane in 2014
Principal Deputy Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly
In office
12 May 2016 – 19 October 2017
Preceded byRobin Newton
Succeeded byChristopher Stalford
Minister of Education
In office
8 May 2007 – 5 May 2011
Preceded byMartin McGuinness
Succeeded byJohn O'Dowd
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
for South Down
In office
26 November 2003 – 26 January 2017
Preceded byMick Murphy
Succeeded bySinéad Ennis
Personal details
Born (1962-07-19) 19 July 1962 (age 62)
Swinford, County Mayo, Republic of Ireland
Political partySinn Féin
Residence(s)Carlingford, County Louth, Ireland
WebsiteSF election page

Caitríona Ruane (born 1962) is a Sinn Féin politician who served as the Principal Deputy Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly from 2016 to 2017, and was a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for South Down from 2003 to 2017.

In the first Northern Ireland Executive under First Minister Ian Paisley and deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness she was appointed Minister of Education. She faced opposition over the scrapping of the Transfer Examination (11-plus) and her subsequent plans for a replacement. She was replaced by John O'Dowd after the 2011 election.

Background

Ruane is a former professional tennis player who represented Ireland in the Fed Cup. She now lives in Carlingford, County Louth and is married with two children. In the past Ruane has acted as director of the Féile an Phobail and chairperson of the St Patrick's Carnival Committee in Belfast.

"Bring Them Home" campaign

Ruane was a prominent member of the Bring Them Home campaign for the Colombia Three, which sought the safe return of three Irishmen later convicted in their absence in Colombia of training FARC insurgents.

Abolition of the 11-plus

Ruane has faced opposition for her support for abolition of the 11-plus examination, originally planned by her predecessor Martin McGuinness. She has faced opposition from the Democratic Unionist Party and Social Democratic and Labour Party as well as from 30 grammar schools in Northern Ireland, causing them to form the AQE (Association for Quality Education), which offered a replacement for the transfer examination. She was alleged to have delayed the publication of a report which showed that public opinion favoured academic selection.

In March 2011, Ruane caused controversy by claiming that all pupils should be given the opportunity to study the Irish language, that education in Northern Ireland should be made more similar to that in the Republic of Ireland, and that "the debate on academic selection is now over". Director of the Governing Bodies Association, which represents Northern Irish grammar schools, John Hart, said, "I think the minister is fooling only herself in trying to convince us that the debate surrounding academic selection is over. Some 26,000 parents last year did not think it was over. As we have said in the past, the minister washed her hands of responsibility for academic selection, so she would be better letting those with a more responsible approach get on with it, instead of petty badgering."

See also

References

  1. "Fed Cup - Caitríona Ruane player page". Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  2. "Stratagem NI – South Down". Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 2 February 2007.
  3. "Legal challenge to St Pat's Day funding". bbc.co.uk. 9 February 2000.
  4. "NI cabinet ministers: at a glance". bbc.co.uk. 7 May 2007. Archived from the original on 19 May 2007. Retrieved 8 May 2007.
  5. "BBC NEWS - UK - Northern Ireland - Minister scraps the 11-plus exam". 4 December 2007. Archived from the original on 6 December 2007. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  6. "BBC NEWS - UK - Northern Ireland - Ruane plans 'need DUP's support'". 15 May 2008.
  7. "BBC NEWS - UK - Northern Ireland - SDLP hits out at new exam plans". 13 May 2008. Archived from the original on 17 May 2008. Retrieved 22 January 2009.
  8. AQE Archived 6 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine Home Page
  9. "Ruane attacks 'elitist' schools". BBC News. 24 April 2008.
  10. "Delayed: literacy report that didn't back minister's views". Belfast Telegraph. 19 February 2010. Archived from the original on 20 October 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  11. "Ruane: Teach Irish in every Northern Ireland school". Belfast Telegraph. 18 March 2011. Archived from the original on 22 March 2011. Retrieved 19 March 2011.
  12. "Selection debate isn't finished yet, insist Ulster grammars". Belfast Telegraph. 18 March 2011. Archived from the original on 23 October 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.

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Northern Ireland Assembly
Preceded byMick Murphy MLA for Down South
2003–2017 		Succeeded bySinéad Ennis
Political offices
VacantOffice suspendedTitle last held byMartin McGuinness Minister of Education
2007–2011 		Succeeded byJohn O'Dowd
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