Department of Foreign Affairs staff held champagne event during lockdown
Gathering took place after Ireland elected to the UN Security Council in June 2020
Foley launches project where small rural primary schools will work in ‘clusters’
Pilot project involves total of 24 schools in Donegal, Galway, Kerry, Wicklow and Waterford, and will begin in new school term
Over a million pupils in England out of school because of coronavirus
Mixed messages from government over need to self-isolate if ‘pinged’ by Covid tracker app
UK government announces end of classroom bubbles in England
Education secretary says system is causing disruption to children; teachers’ unions criticise move
The Irish Times view on the UK exams row: The latest scapegoats
Although there will be little public sympathy for the mandarins, the remorseless driving out by the Tories’ current leadership of competent people from both the civil service and cabinet will only make government more dysfunctional than it already is
British government conducts humiliating U-turn on A-level results
Grades for thousands of students in England will now be based on teachers’ assessments
UK government slated over education ‘Punch and Judy show’
Backlash comes after regulator shelves appeals policy on A-level and GCSE grades
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Ask Brian: Love of learning is essential to a sustainable career in teaching
Corbyn agrees united response to block Johnson election bid
House of Lords approves Bill seeking to block no-deal by forcing PM to delay Brexit again
Students walk 10kms in protest over lack of school bus places
A dozen post-primary students in Meath village have no school bus service this year
MPs call for police investigation into Presidents Club scandal
Scotland Yard asked to investigate whether sexual harassment and pimping occurred
Presidents Club to shut after Dorchester charity gala harassment claims
Trustee quits UK education department; Great Ormond Street returns donations
Number of children sexually abusing other children rises in UK
Reports of ‘peer on peer’ abuse rose by 71 per cent in England and Wales last year
Brexit minister says UK could still walk away with no deal
British prime minister Theresa May forced to promote Brexit hardliners following election
Prolific paedophile pleads guilty to 45 charges in UK and abroad
Retired teacher admits to catalogue of abuse against children in Thailand and UK
Theresa May resorts to populist posturing as she baits Fifa
Poppy issue a handy diversion from government inaction in health/sport arena
Man fined for taking daughter on term-time holiday wins UK ruling
Jon Platt fined £120 by Isle of Wight council after taking girl out of school for Florida trip
My ‘terrorist house’: Muslim boy questioned after misspelling terraced
Boy (10) intended to write ‘terraced’ during English lesson at Lancashire school in UK
PPS number provides way to vastly improve online safety of children
In Ireland the average age at which children start using the internet is nine years
Prosecution for taking kids on ‘term-time holiday’ defended
English court convicts parents after children miss 13 days of school while in Australia
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