Norma Foley

Primary school leaders say difficulties filling staff vacancies is having a ‘profound’ impact on the quality of education

Minister for Education urged to ‘urgently’ release draft of long-awaited policy on Irish language education

Funds will be provided under Shared Island initiative with NI department of education to be responsible for delivery of programme

Study based on data collected from more than 600 school leaders in Irish second level schools

Minister told Cabinet of plans to allocate net €6.3bn to fund capital works, public pay costs and cost of living measures

Take Ireland’s top manufacturer of insulation - not Kingspan, but the HSE. It creates layers of impenetrable padding between political decision-makers and the consequences

Plan signals mobile phones – and by extension social media platforms – are detrimental to children. The question now is what the Government will do next

Teacher claimed in viral video new resources include graphic videos on masturbation and sex acts

Smartphone usage a ‘serious health and welfare issue’ for thousands of students, according to Minister for Education

The pouches offer an opportunity to continue what has been a profitable line of attack over Government profligacy

Inequities in Irish education policy, which have been ignored for so long, will not be addressed any time soon

Teachers’ union says new measure will have negligible impact on teacher supply

Initiative follows ‘groundbreaking’ project of 1930s which captured thousands of pupils’ voices

Stronger laws may be needed to safeguard young people, according to Stephen Donnelly

Department of Education’s own information repeated in report, leaders of schools in disadvantaged areas say

Martin Woodland was approved by Caranua for an en-suite bedroom extension in 2020. Four years on, he sleeps in a chair, urinates in a bottle and washes in the sink

Figure significant in context of Government wanting congregations to contribute to compensating those affected by abuse as Department of Education indicates work on redress scheme will take time

Twelve road fatalities recorded among under-16s last year as well as 48 in 16-to-26 age group

Drama and film studies to be introduced to schools on ‘phased basis’ from 2025 onwards

Dublin school’s past pupils include taoisigh, presidents and high profile figures from media and sporting worlds

Some 88 per cent of primary schools are Catholic while just over 5 per cent are multidenominational

Minister for Education says she has convened a high-level group ‘which will progress the work that is needed to establish’ a commission

Ivana Bacik emphasises need for timely redress scheme and says her party willing to work with Government to make this happen

It is time the State got to grips with the redress issue where religious congregations are concerned

Testimony from victims details instances of abuse in 308 schools, including special education facilities, spanning 30-year period

No commitment given to setting up a redress scheme for survivors of sexual abuse

Minister for Education Norma Foley says level of sexual abuse at special schools ‘nothing short of horrific’

New curriculum - including sexual consent and attitudes to pornography - to be mandatory at senior cycle

Work on preparations for the inquiry by officials, including legislation to be brought before the Oireachtas, will begin shortly

Intention of Government is to establish inquiry into potentially thousands of cases of abuse which occurred in the past

Radio: On Newstalk, Andrea Gilligan moves easily from light to shade, imbuing her folksy style with compassion and honesty

Minister for Education Norma Foley announced in April that there will be no change from last year, with grades to stay at the same level

Just over half of this year’s college applicants secure their first choice in CAO offers

Minister for Education said teacher numbers are are ‘record high’ as union warns of ‘severe crisis’ in primary and special education

Detailed letter from Minister for Education to school managers outlines how they can implement more ‘stringent’ policies

Dentistry, health, veterinary medicine, business and management courses among those most in demand

Government should declare smartphone and social media use by the young as public health emergency, says Irish Medical Organisation

Minister for Education Norma Foley is planning to ban mobile phones from all second-level schools. But is a ban really the best way forward?

Studying the language is mandatory at second level, but there is no obligation to sit the exam

There is some concern in higher education that inflated grades may be a factors behind higher dropout rates in college