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The Irish Times view on school patronage: a realignment is needed

A system funded almost entirely by the State must reflect the needs of those it is supposed to serve

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#895
First seen
20 Aug 2026, 05:47 UTC
Last checked
20 Aug 2026, 06:47 UTC
Version history
1 version
Current fingerprint
3f241b52b61f...915ac4
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Publisher layer

Recorded article metadata

Image URL supplied by The Irish Times.
Publisher
The Irish Times
Country
Ireland
Source published
19 Aug 2026, 19:30 UTC
Source updated
No update timestamp supplied
Byline
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Section
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Source-supplied excerpt
A system funded almost entirely by the State must reflect the needs of those it is supposed to serve
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    The Irish Times view on school patronage: a realignment is needed

    A system funded almost entirely by the State must reflect the needs of those it is supposed to serve

    Changed fieldstitlebylinedescriptionTextcontentTextsourcePublishedAtsourceUpdatedAtsectionimageUrltags
    Version SHA-256
    3f241b52b61f...915ac4
    Capture SHA-256
    4a3400b2a382...fae0db
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Interpretation layer

Labels with declared origins

Not an adjudication.

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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Evidence layer

Capture provenance

Capture ID
#351
Observed
20 Aug 2026, 05:47 UTC
HTTP result
200 / parsed
Raw payload
636,873 bytes, private gzip evidence
Collector
news-ledger/0.1
Public boundary
metadata and excerpt