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‘Even the canteen lady knew my name at the PLC college. Everybody is so close-knit’

Lana Dowling was ‘lost’ for a long time in secondary school, but PLC courses proved a huge help in building her future

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#2482
First seen
25 Aug 2026, 04:11 UTC
Last checked
25 Aug 2026, 10:12 UTC
Version history
1 version
Current fingerprint
7fcfbd54fe33...f4d107
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Publisher layer

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Publisher
The Irish Times
Country
Ireland
Source published
25 Aug 2026, 04:01 UTC
Source updated
No update timestamp supplied
Byline
Jen Hogan
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Lana Dowling was ‘lost’ for a long time in secondary school, but PLC courses proved a huge help in building her future
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    ‘Even the canteen lady knew my name at the PLC college. Everybody is so close-knit’

    Lana Dowling was ‘lost’ for a long time in secondary school, but PLC courses proved a huge help in building her future

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    Version SHA-256
    7fcfbd54fe33...f4d107
    Capture SHA-256
    510635575c62...d87da7
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Publisher categories are copied from source metadata. Machine signals report observable wording or format and do not determine truth, intent, ethics, or wrongdoing.

  • machine content-type Reported news observable-rules-v1 / 70% rule confidence
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Capture ID
#2242
Observed
25 Aug 2026, 04:11 UTC
HTTP result
200 / parsed
Raw payload
670,516 bytes, private gzip evidence
Collector
news-ledger/0.1
Public boundary
metadata and excerpt