Norma Foley

A whistleblower has described the investigation into the alleged abuse of a vulnerable young woman as Kafkaesque

Farrelly commission’s report, running to almost 2,000 pages, published on Tuesday

Students will be competing for college places against applicants with bumper grades from previous years

Government faces steep legal barriers to compelling orders to contribute to €800m redress scheme, say experts

Some survivors want Government to seize assets of religious orders who refuse to pay

Any attempt to force payment from church orders would be fraught with legal difficulty, expert says

Congregations ‘operated as criminal networks in mother and baby homes’, Social Democrats acting leader tells Dáil

Government negotiator Sheila Nunan has submitted a final report with conclusions from talks with seven Catholic bodies and the Church of Ireland

Paschal Donohoe expected to brief colleagues on proposed changes to LPT charging mechanism to limit the impact of rising property values on householders

HSE has capacity to carry out about 3,600 assessments annually, but 10,000 requests were made last year

National average rate of staff leaving the service was 24.5 per cent in 2023

Oral presentations are increasingly being used at third level in response to AI – and secondary schools are set to follow suit

Olympic boxer Kellie Harrington and London mayor Sadiq Khan were among those at the head of the parade winding through the West End

Research projects worth 40% will roll out across a number of subjects for students starting fifth year in September

Radio: The whiff of cordite in the RTÉ studio is strong enough to warrant a UN peacekeeping mandate of its own

Payment to hosts worth €800 a month is due to expire on March 31st

Simon Harris to brief ministers on plan and seek approval for Ireland’s participation in G20 forum, while Peter Burke is to set out IDA Ireland’s new five-year strategy

Daily average spend of €2.75m per day revealed in new figures released by department

€9m smartphone pouches at second level sparked criticism from Opposition parties who labelled it wasteful and unnecessary

Up to with 75% of the total amount will be paid in advance so childminders can tackle upfront costs

Labour leader Ivana Bacik said there were the same number of Ministers with the name James as there were women

Simon Harris takes Foreign Affairs, while Helen McEntee moves to Education, making way for Jim O’Callaghan at Justice

Norma Foley informs survivors ‘there has been no let-up in the work being carried out... to progress the establishment of the commission of investigation’

Fianna Fáil’s Mary Butler and Fine Gael’s Martin Heydon are among TDs tipped for promotion

Exam integrity will be compromised by access to artificial intelligence tools, ASTI says

Who is likely to end up where after the confabulations are done and dusted?

Successful applicants will supply their pouch for a one-year period with the option to extend by a further year

Dyslexia group says there are genuine reasons why students with additional needs go on to study French or German

Non-payment of cash in recent years has penalised office holders, says Galway East TD Seán Canney

Minister for Education Norma Foley said she had discussed the issue with the outgoing Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien who agreed to put aside ‘significant accommodation for key local workers’

Exclusion from State funding undermines guarantees to protect minority faith education, schools say

Students starting fifth year in September will be the first to experience sweeping changes

Ciara, Saoirse and Laoise Murphy develop ACT app to improve responsiveness to emergencies at community level

Reducing class sizes, addressing the teacher supply crisis and bolstering school leadership must be priorities for the next government

Apprenticeships and new tertiary degrees could be combined into a single applications system, says Department of Education advisory board

Children are led to believe ‘that their worth is tied to proving that they are exceptional’

The biggest reforms to the exam in a century are due to roll out later this year. Are schools ready for the challenge?

Unpublished Department of Education draft study finds a further 800 posts were occupied by teachers unqualified to teach subject

Broadening the range of learning and assessment at senior cycle has the potential to provide pathways for all students to realise their full potential

There is no incentive for students to admit to using AI and every incentive to cheat, while teachers have been woefully underprepared for a revolution likened to Gutenberg’s printing press