Irish students seeking US educational and exchange visas will be required to make their social media profiles public to allow officials to review their online activity, the US Embassy in Dublin has said. The embassy said visa applicants will be required to list all social media usernames or handles for every platform they have used from the last five years on their visa application form so these accounts can be vetted. Video: Dan Dennison | The Irish Times

Lower-achieving Irish schoolchildren are doing better than average international comparators in maths and science, but the highest achievers have not boosted their performance over the last four years, according to the latest international research. | Read more: https://www.rte.ie/news/2020/1208/1183038-maths-science-education/ | RTÉ News