A short history of renting in IrelandFrom 19th-century tenements to the crisis of 2015 – 200 years of landlord v tenantTue Nov 17 2015 - 01:00
Ireland’s baby boom spawns school building projectsMinister for Education to announce 310 new projects to deliver 62,000 more school placesTue Nov 17 2015 - 01:00
Ireland’s rental market: The top 10 playersFrom landlords to Nama, the market is made up of and influenced by multiple factorsMon Nov 16 2015 - 01:00
Primary schools to close for an extra dayMove aimed at training teachers to introduce new language curriculumSat Nov 14 2015 - 01:01
Papal nuncio says Catholic ethos must be nurtured in schoolsArchbishop Charles Brown says church has nothing to fear from growth in alternativesSat Nov 14 2015 - 01:00
Young teachers leaving profession over ‘rampant’ casualisationHalf of second-level teachers under-35 employed on temporary basis, says TUI presidentFri Nov 13 2015 - 14:09
J-1 students must now find jobs before travelling to USIrish officials fear numbers participating may drop by up to 80 per centThu Nov 12 2015 - 12:53
Parents must ensure Catholic schools’ ethos maintained - archbishopCatholics must be clear on schools’ identity and why this is important, says Michael NearyWed Nov 11 2015 - 20:19
Senator calls for ‘no-fry zone’ around schools and playgroundsCatherine Noone says move would limit access to fast-food and help tackle obesityWed Nov 11 2015 - 13:29
Politics introduced as Leaving Cert subject next yearStudents will learn about key thinkers such as Karl Marx and concepts such as capitalismWed Nov 11 2015 - 10:24
Universities have lowest level of students receiving grantsTrinity had 24 per cent of grant recipients compared to 67 per cent at Letterkenny ITMon Nov 09 2015 - 09:22
Schools should accept pupils on proximity - O'SullivanJan O’Sullivan says future reform of admissions needed to ensure equal accessMon Nov 09 2015 - 01:00
Up to 8,000 non-teaching school staff in line for 10% pay risePay deal would increase hourly rate of secretaries and caretakers from €10.25 to €13Mon Nov 09 2015 - 01:00
Women under-represented at senior level in higher educationOnly 19 per cent of professors are women despite recent gender equality initiativesSun Nov 08 2015 - 20:10
New primary school programme raises broader questionsIs there really a need for yet more religious teaching in the State’s classrooms?Sat Nov 07 2015 - 01:00
Dominican school cancels invite to atheist speakerSchool concerned talk may help ‘cultivate non-religious belief’ among studentsFri Nov 06 2015 - 17:14
A family’s journey - from seeking refuge to a PhDMichael Thai Trung King, the son of Vietnamese refugees, is set to graduate from RCSIFri Nov 06 2015 - 01:00
Debate needed over free fees for third-level, professor claimsLouise Richardson says State must consider whether it can afford arrangementThu Nov 05 2015 - 01:00
Many students feel they are not learning job skills, survey saysSignificant number in higher education say it is not boosting their employment chancesThu Nov 05 2015 - 01:00
No plan to cut religion teaching time at denominational schoolsState advisory body says new curriculum will be separate to existing religion classesWed Nov 04 2015 - 11:51
Primary schools to have to teach religion under new curriculumPlans may prove controversial as teachers worried about ‘curriculum overload’Tue Nov 03 2015 - 13:01
No evidence back to education allowance helps job chancesESRI study finds scheme actually had negative effect on some employment prospectsTue Nov 03 2015 - 09:31
Children in care are at ‘major risk’ of joining sex tradeFormer social care worker warns of young people in State care in danger of exploitationTue Oct 27 2015 - 01:00
Authorities to consider offers of help for asylum seekersState taskforce to consider offers of support from public made through Irish Red CrossTue Oct 27 2015 - 01:00
Syrians in Ireland: ‘It feels like life has been on pause for years’Twelve Syrian refugee families finally get to build lives anew – in Thurles, Co TipperaryTue Oct 27 2015 - 01:00
New kits next year will detect drivers on drugsNarcotics such as cocaine discernible from analysis of swab taken from driver’s mouthTue Oct 27 2015 - 01:00
Same-sex civil partners to be able to wed with five days’ notice1,500 couples have availed of civil partnerships since they became available in 2011Mon Oct 26 2015 - 01:00
Hundreds of drivers avoid penalty points due to poor boxHigh Court ruled that use of poor box for road traffic offences was ‘incorrect’ last yearMon Oct 26 2015 - 01:00
Hundreds protest over ‘religious discrimination’ in schoolsParents call for equal access to taxpayer-funded schools for all childrenSun Oct 25 2015 - 18:47
Over 500 banned drivers in serious crashes in two years521 drivers were already disqualified when convicted over incidents causing injury or deathThu Oct 22 2015 - 15:21
Recession damages mental health of families, study showsAnalysis says falling incomes and unemployment put strain on relationshipsTue Oct 20 2015 - 21:38
Change in laws to crack down on drink-drivingPlan to overhaul road traffic legislation comes amid anger over conviction rateTue Oct 20 2015 - 09:35
Drink driving legislation most challenged criminal law‘It’s like the Grand National. There are dozens of hurdles. Hit any and the case can fall’Tue Oct 20 2015 - 01:00
RSA ‘extremely disappointed’ at drink-driving conviction rateReview of road traffic legislation needed to clamp down on loopholes, Liz O’Donnell saysMon Oct 19 2015 - 16:04
Renewed appeal to identify dead kayaker ‘with Irish accent’Hampshire police release e-fit of man whose body was found washed up on Isle of WightThu Oct 15 2015 - 19:09
Carrickmines fire: council says halting site talks ‘constructive’Rockville Drive residents blocking land earmarked for Travellers left homeless by blazeThu Oct 15 2015 - 14:30
‘They don’t live the same way we do, it’s just a fact’Carrickmines stand-off symbolises relations between settled community and TravellersThu Oct 15 2015 - 01:00
Thousands of drivers escape conviction for phone offencesSafety campaigners rail over numbers getting away without a fine or penalty pointsWed Oct 14 2015 - 01:00
Garda killer granted bail with consent of DPPAuthorities face questions over how Adrian Crevan Mackin had access to a handgunTue Oct 13 2015 - 08:52
Louth killings reminder of darker timesThe shock of the shootings, say many, is reminiscent of the years of the TroublesTue Oct 13 2015 - 01:00
Father of injured woman raised alarm after garda killedCommissioner visits scene, says investigation will look at circumstances prior to shootingMon Oct 12 2015 - 17:23
Many Travellers are ‘at risk’ due to fire safety issuesCampaigners warn of dangers after Carrickmines blaze which killed 10 peopleMon Oct 12 2015 - 07:04
The childcare conundrumNext week’s budget may finally address Ireland’s childcare crisis, but moving beyond sticking-plaster solutions will take political commitment that has so far been absentSat Oct 10 2015 - 01:00
Calls for bail law reform to tackle rural crime ‘epidemic’Campaigners tell senior Garda members communities are losing fight against crimeThu Oct 08 2015 - 23:39
Rural crime: ‘Someone has to say enough is enough’Recurrent victims of crime are organising themselves to protect rural communitiesThu Oct 08 2015 - 21:38
Legal action ruled out over €29,000 for travel at FásState body Solas gets voluntary repayments from top officials but cash still outstandingWed Oct 07 2015 - 01:00
How Fás became a byword for wasteful public spendingElite travel, rounds of golf and a beauty salon, but agency nadir was Rody Molloy interviewWed Oct 07 2015 - 01:00
Budget plan considered for access to affordable childcareUp to 25,000 additional low-income families could benefit from subsidised childcareTue Oct 06 2015 - 09:43
Plan to move disabled out of institutions will take decadesScheme to relocate up to 4,000 isolated and vulnerable people was due to take six yearsTue Oct 06 2015 - 01:00
Case study: ‘For a long time I couldn’t do the things I wanted’After spending most of his life in institutions, Martin Dooher is able to choose for himselfTue Oct 06 2015 - 01:00
