James Lawless

Irish exports to US surged to €75bn ahead of tariffs

Cabinet to be briefed in increase in use of DNA profiles during garda investigations

Jim Gavin comes with his own presidential parachute and ticks all the boxes

Fianna Fáil faithful are praying the leadership doesn’t make a mess of its amusing plan to win the presidential election though superior tactics

Jim Gavin wins backing of two FF ministers as Bertie Ahern declines to rule himself out

Billy Kelleher calls for ‘healthy’ contest as three candidates emerge for nomination

New national ‘supercomputer’ costing €60m is a priority, says Minister

Renting time on an outsourced computer to run tasks for clients such as Met Éireann and the CSO has cost State €5m since 2023

‘I don’t know if I’ll have a job to go back to’: adult education teachers protest over precarious contracts

Teacher group believes up to 100 teachers are affected by job cuts, with many students affected amid uncertainty

What impact will 2025 Leaving Cert results have on the CAO?

Leaving Cert grades still subject to an ongoing distorting effect

Leaving Cert results day 2025: How grades will mark a gradual return to pre-Covid-19 norms

Leaving Cert students to receive results after six uniquely challenging years

Dropping cost-of-living measures is key pre-budget minefield for Government to navigate

Reaction to James Lawless’s third-level fees cut suggestion has already offered a taste of public anger

Student fees: Minister gets barrage of complaints after suggesting €1,000 cut may not happen

Parents and students raise concerns with James Lawless after suggestion third level fees cut may not be repeated

A promising start for Jim O’Callaghan, not so for James Browne: How has the Cabinet performed in its first six months?

Jim O’Callaghan and Peter Burke have made promising starts, James Browne has a lot of catching up to do

Miriam Lord’s Dáil end-of-term awards: from cute hoors to rookie errors and good operators

Big Jim is best in class, although sluggish start means new intake of TDs are yet to get much of a look-in - and as for Tipperary’s kingmaker...

Change to summer holidays would need consultation with parents, schools and teachers, says McEntee

Education Minister says summer holidays give ‘everybody a chance to take a break’

Cern decision by Cabinet opens up particle research opportunities for Ireland

UCD to expand its research capacity to coincide with membership of the famous laboratory in Switzerland

More than a million who died at battle of Somme are remembered at Islandbridge commemoration

Royal British Legion also marks its 100th anniversary in Ireland, dedicated to ensuring legacy of ‘those who served’

Why does Ireland’s presidential race still have no one at the starting line?

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Keeping student fees down and reducing VAT would cost €3 billion we don’t have

Just days away from the next turn in the Donald Trump tariff saga, we are being egged on to slash a dangerously narrow tax base further

AI should be a ‘core component’ of the education system, National Skills Council recommends

The council recommended a 'rethink' of investment into skills

College fees: Students and parents feel ‘betrayed’ by prospect of contribution charge rising

TD says parents cannot wait for budget in four months to find out what fees they must pay

Reduction in college fees to be sought by Minister for Higher Education in budget

For second day running, no Dáil clarity given over possible student fee increase in September

Children’s hospital contractor BAM to deliver €380m university campus project

Dutch-owned builder has been involved in bitter dispute with State over cost and time overruns

Coalition sharply divided over third-level fees

Fine Gael privately seething over the controversy as Opposition parties unite in anger

The Irish Times view on college fees: Government has a choice to make

For many families the €1,000 was a significant saving

Ministers to be warned over spending; approval sought for plan to dramatically change Dublin city centre

Taoiseach Micheál Martin to seek Cabinet approval for 10 year Dublin rejuvenation plan based on Taskforce recommendations

No ‘special exemptions’ for students under latest Rent Pressure Zone system, James Browne says

Minister defends pace of Government moves after claims landlords in areas not covered by RPZs raising rents before the law extended

Minister wants exemptions to new rent rules to be considered for students sharing houses

Students should not be ‘inadvertently disadvantaged’ by the new regime, says spokesman for James Lawless

I am often asked by students how to plan for a career in research. I tell them to move abroad

Ireland has the opportunity to lead a new generation of European research by acting quickly to increase funding and supports

‘Don’t come to Ireland’: PhD researchers offer advice to US colleagues

Why would you do your PhD in Ireland when you can get decent pay, working conditions and dignity as a researcher in Germany or Sweden?

Extensions to planning permissions for developments delayed by judicial reviews to be considered

Proposed measure is bid to activate developments such as large-scale apartment schemes which might otherwise go beyond their permission timeline

Government wants progress on scrapping triple lock before Dáil break

Pre-legislative scrutiny of changes for deploying troops overseas could be finished by summer recess

The future of Ireland depends on the progress of science

Ireland can be a world leader in scientific breakthrough when the right conditions are in place

State’s new research agency chief Diarmuid O’Brien comes with strong track record and deep experience

Appointment of Cambridge-based scientist brings to close turbulent period following dismissal of Prof Philip Nolan

State in bid to lure from US top researchers and academics disillusioned by Trump

Initiative is expected to target, among others, disillusioned academics who have lost financial backing due to Trump administration

Degrees without CAO points were meant to be a ‘game changer’. Why do so few students avail of them?

Simon Harris said tertiary degrees meant students would not have to worry about Leaving Cert points

‘There’s a war on academia’: US faces brain drain of its brightest and best teachers and students

Europe may benefit as Trump’s campaign against Ivy League colleges is causing academics to consider emigrating

University fees unlikely to rise but global economic uncertainty always a risk, says Minister

Minister for Higher Education James Lawless has signalled there will be no once-off subvention to lower registration fees in the coming year

Taoiseach understands public concern over mooted €430,000 salary for ‘housing tsar’

Plans for new Strategic Housing Activation Office as well as asylum system overhaul and military radar due before Cabinet

Union leadership instructed to renegotiate adult educator deal

TUI assistant general secretary Colm Kelly said the union’s executive would consider the motion

Teacher staffing crisis requires more than measures on permanent contracts, TUI delegates told

Spiral of growing teacher workload and stress ‘unsustainable’, says union general secretary Michael Gillespie

Thousands of students with household incomes of up to €100,000 missing out on college grants

Less than half of estimated eligible learners have applied for €500 grant for college fees

‘Skill, baby, skill’: Plan to attract global research leaders to Ireland following US trade shock

Minister for Higher Education says Ireland will lead with ‘talent, science and skills’

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