Parents who regularly take three or more drinks a day may be abusing children
Addiction specialist warns parents on impact of their drinking on family
Teachers protest over two-tier pay system in schools
Department estimates it would cost €200m to end two-tier pay structure that affects 60,000
Schools turn to ‘live streaming’ as teacher deficit bites
Hibernia teacher training college reveals project running where classes taught remotely
Lecturers to take action over ‘unsustainable’ burden of work
TUI members in the institutes of technology vote overwhelmingly for industrial action
TUI to shun religious education opt-out
Union concerned no additional resources provided to schools to implement new rules
TUI backs industrial action campaign if talks fail on pay equality
Delegate tell TUI conference of earning €7,000 per year less than other colleagues
Half of new teachers don’t see themselves staying in profession
Most newly recruited teachers say they would stay on if pay restoration was restored
Lecturers in Institutes of Technology ballot for industrial action
TUI says workload of academic staff is “completely unsustainable”
Student teachers may drop out due to financial difficulties - poll
Survey finds unpaid work placements place major strain on trainee teachers
Unequal pay for teachers leading to ‘brain drain’ from the profession
Teachers’ unions warn children’s education risks being undermined due to pay gap
Leaving Cert leads to ‘devastating’ stress among students
National Parents’ Council says reforms needed for a fairer form of assessment
Teacher shortages will worsen unless pay equality accelerated, warns union
Minister says gap is being bridged with new teachers out of college earning €36,000
No overall problem with teacher supply, insists Department of Education
Officials acknowledge there are ‘pinch points’ across key subjects
Numbers entering teaching ‘collapsing’ due to low pay, unions claim
Submission to Public Service Pay Commission critical of ‘inequality’ in the profession
Teachers who reject pay deal ‘will not receive salary increases’
Paschal Donohoe issues warning to public service groups who do not back new accord
Public service unions to ratify new pay deal
Deal backed by Siptu, Impact, nurses, doctors and middle and lower civil servants
Groups have mixed views on new public pay agreement
ASTI head voices extreme disappointment over provisions for new entrants
TUI says deal ‘wholly inadequate’ in tackling two-tier pay
Two-tier pay structure to be assessed overa 12-month period in 2018
TUI to seek pay parity for recent entrants in Government talks
Accelerated €1,000 rise this month was only step in right direction, says TUI president
One in three new teachers say they will leave profession
TUI survey highlights morale and workload issues among second-level teachers
End two-tier pay by autumn or face action, says teachers’ union
TUI advocates say ballot plan will put ‘fire in belly’ of negotiators in forthcoming talks
Deal on teachers’ dispute ‘unlikely’ in time to stop indefinite closure of schools
Talks aimed at averting large-scale disruption due to start early next week
TUI members will not carry out duties of ASTI colleagues
Teaching unions’ ‘equal pay’ protest at Government Buildings set to coincide with strike
TUI to meet to discuss response to planned ASTI strike
TUI adamant members will not carry out any duties usually done by ASTI colleagues
Teacher talks explore restoration of allowances
Unions and Government discuss move as a way of tackling pay inequality in the industry
TUI conference told contracts of 30 minutes duration on offer
Union estimates 50% of teachers aged below 35 on part-time or temporary arrangement
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