‘A most sacred act’: Ireland’s sex education is from another eraTeaching must change to address issues such as consent, LGBT+ issues, and pornMon Apr 29 2019 - 00:14
New school to be established in Co Meath on foot of acute shortage of placesAshbourne parents forced to travel to Louth or Dublin to find schools with spare capacityFri Apr 26 2019 - 18:35
Special needs assistants to seek higher pay for more responsibilitiesFórsa says role of SNAs likely to be broadened under reformsThu Apr 25 2019 - 21:25
Pupils in small schools forced to practice emergency drills in case teacher falls illINTO delegates say no school should drop below a floor of two full-time teachersWed Apr 24 2019 - 20:14
Pupils not getting enough advice on non-college options – reportMothers among the biggest influences on secondary pupils’ career choicesWed Apr 24 2019 - 19:30
‘Daily Mile’ improving schoolchildren’s fitness and self-esteemSimple idea to get children running for 15 minutes a day is yielding impressive resultsWed Apr 24 2019 - 00:00
End of two-tier pay scales for teachers to be considered, says MinisterComments come after conflicting signals from Government over teacher salariesTue Apr 23 2019 - 21:43
Teachers seek extra sick leave for miscarriages, ectopic pregnancies and fertility treatmentOffaly teacher tells of feeling forced to return to school despite feeling ‘broken’Tue Apr 23 2019 - 20:37
Overworked school leaders are ‘chasing mice and unblocking toilets’INTO says workloads for principals have increased exponentially in recent yearsTue Apr 23 2019 - 15:40
Government plays down immediate end to two-tier pay in public sectorTeachers’ unions meet for annual conferences around countryTue Apr 23 2019 - 15:33
Move to abolish two-tier pay for teachers to receive ‘full consideration’Minister for Education says there is ‘unfinished business’ on new entrant payTue Apr 23 2019 - 11:52
State of the unions: eight key issues to dominate teachers’ conferencesNew entrant pay looks set to dominate teachers’ Easter gatheringsTue Apr 23 2019 - 00:00
Buddy benches aimed at making school playtime less lonelyBenches are aimed at tackling exclusion and boosting empathy among schoolchildrenTue Apr 23 2019 - 00:00
Government signals move to end ‘two-tier’ public service payDepartment, unions issue statement suggesting review mechanism may be agreedMon Apr 22 2019 - 22:40
More than 100,000 pupils ‘crowded out of education’INTO calls for cap of 20 pupils per class to ensure children reach their full potentialMon Apr 22 2019 - 19:23
Nearly all secondary schools struggling to fill teacher vacanciesUnion says graduates are rejecting profession, leaving teaching gaps in key subjectsMon Apr 22 2019 - 16:46
Why the Minister for Education gets top marks from teachersFormer teacher Joe McHugh is popular with educators – but is he too close for comfort?Mon Apr 22 2019 - 01:00
Teachers threaten industrial action if Government fails to end two-tier payNew entrant pay rates set to dominate teachers’ conferences this weekMon Apr 22 2019 - 01:00
Substitute teachers to be be hired on full salaries to ease classroom ‘crisis’Many schools say they are forced to rely on unqualified or retired staff to provide coverMon Apr 22 2019 - 00:01
Department in talks to buy multi-million euro Goatstown site for schoolsSite for primary and secondary schools likely to be among most expensive in countryFri Apr 12 2019 - 18:59
Schools may have to cut access to facilities in evenings due to funding shortfallsRecruitment embargo on maintenance staff is raising health and safety concernsTue Apr 09 2019 - 19:51
Hundreds of ‘invisible’ children excluded from education – reportChildren with autism have been expelled or withdrawn due to inadequate supports, say familiesMon Apr 08 2019 - 00:00
Focus on autism: ‘Riley has been rejected by 37 schools’Nicole Duggan has been trying to find a place for her son since he was three months oldMon Apr 08 2019 - 00:00
‘My child was expelled at six. We’re in 2019... Our children are invisible’Hundreds of children with autism are being failed by the State education systemMon Apr 08 2019 - 00:00
Autism waiting lists: ‘Once you get a diagnosis, it’s like going to war’James Field is due to start school next September but is unable to get a placeMon Apr 08 2019 - 00:00
Anxiety ‘epidemic’ leaving guidance counsellors struggling to copeDemand for support rising for self-harm and suicidal ideation in secondary schoolsSun Apr 07 2019 - 19:05
Scaremongering and fear: The Dublin Catholic school rowEveryone agrees churches run too many schools, but nobody wants theirs to leave firstSat Apr 06 2019 - 06:00
Teachers may face fitness-to-practise complaints over social media useDraft guidelines require teachers not to make Facebook friends with studentsSat Apr 06 2019 - 02:00
Dublin school patronage vote suspended over ‘misinformation’Catholic Archdiocese says parents should be fully informed amid claims Christmas ‘will be cancelled’Fri Apr 05 2019 - 17:31
Universities say they may have to limit number of Irish students due to funding shortageIrish Universities Association warns of intolerable strain on university systemThu Apr 04 2019 - 01:00
McHugh to review process for selecting schools for divestment‘Inaccurate claims’ about patronage creating fear and uncertainty, says MinisterThu Apr 04 2019 - 00:26
Irish university graduates earn more from degrees than in UKStudy shows students receive €100,000 more over lifetime than if they had forgone degreeThu Apr 04 2019 - 00:01
Pupils in divested schools ‘will not be prevented’ from celebrating ChristmasCatholic schools in north Dublin are resisting plan to divest their patronageTue Apr 02 2019 - 21:50
Removing school’s Catholic ethos would be ‘Brexit-type disaster’, parents toldResistance to Government request to divest Catholic patronage in north DublinTue Apr 02 2019 - 14:55
Older schools to be transformed into top-rated energy efficient buildingsGovernment-funded pilot project is model for national programme to retrofit schoolsFri Mar 29 2019 - 00:01
Call for students in disadvantaged schools to get extra CAO pointsSchool management body president says equality of access needed in higher educationThu Mar 28 2019 - 19:17
SNAs to be allocated to schools based on social profilesPilot scheme breaks link between a diagnosis and access to special needs assistantsWed Mar 27 2019 - 17:04
Students call on Taoiseach to commit to publicly-funded higher education systemLeo Varadkar rules out student loans or increases in annual €3,000 contributionWed Mar 27 2019 - 16:54
Leaving Cert students may be assessed over two yearsProposed shake-up could result in biggest changes to State exam in half a centuryWed Mar 27 2019 - 00:40
Leaving Cert: Senior cycle review seeks update to 21st centuryWith rapid advances in automation and artificial intelligence, skills for work success are changing fastWed Mar 27 2019 - 00:29
Leaving Cert ‘too academic’ say groups consulted in senior-cycle reviewConsensus emerges for more technical and creative pathways for Leaving Cert studentsWed Mar 27 2019 - 00:18
TCD newspaper’s future to be put to referendum following bugging controversyMove follows row over use of a recording device to report hazing allegationsSun Mar 24 2019 - 19:19
Donogh O’Malley’s speech announcing free secondary education recreated by sonActor Daragh O’Malley delivers father’s seminal 1967 announcementFri Mar 22 2019 - 14:59
School principal refuses to return pupils to ‘dire’ classroom conditionsCharleville CBS Primary school demands plans for new building within weeksFri Mar 22 2019 - 07:46
Six new judges for Court of Appeal to help cut waiting times for casesDelays of almost two years for civil cases to be heardFri Mar 22 2019 - 00:00
Shortage of college places looms unless State invests in higher education, say campaignersStudents and lecturers stage lunchtime protests to highlight ‘growing crisis’Thu Mar 21 2019 - 20:50
Rooskey locals express relief at decision to scrap direct provision planDecision not to open centre at former hotel follows ‘difficulties with lease agreement’Thu Mar 21 2019 - 19:25
Schools encouraged to create ‘safe spaces’ for LGBT studentsHandbook for secondary schools on how to set up LGBT-friendly after-school clubsWed Mar 20 2019 - 23:16
Schools invited to commemorate Famine by planting Lumper potatoesVariety which millions of Irish depended on was destroyed by blight from 1845 onwardsWed Mar 20 2019 - 20:05
More than 100 Catholic primary schools have closed over past decadeMultidenominational is the fastest growing category of school by ethosWed Mar 20 2019 - 01:51
