Programme 90, Special Advisor to Minister for Education (3-4-11)

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney In this programme I spoke to Dr. John Harris about his role as a special advisor to three ministers for education in the 1980s: John Boland, Gemma Hussey and Patrick Cooney. The occasion was the announcement by Minister for Education, Ruairí Quinn, that John Walshe, Education Editor of the Irish Independent was to be his special advisor. Dr. John Harris also spent time as Principal of three schools: Newpark Comprehensive, Sandford Park and Wesley College.