Rose Conway-Walsh

Teachers support spreading Leaving Cert assessment over two-year period

Emphasis on project or practical work would reduce pressure ahead of written exams

SF TD apologises for comparing indoor dining Bill with US segregation

Rose Conway-Walsh referenced Rosa Parks when debating Covid-19 vaccination pass

Decision due soon on large lectures at third-level in September

If lectures go ahead ‘safety measures will need to be in place’, says Minister

Covid-19: All schools set to reopen after Easter despite rise in cases among children

Foley says schools remain safe and transmission levels in schools remain very low

‘Brexit effect’ causing college applications from other EU states to double – Harris

Minister admits ‘failure of State’ that one in eight adults lacks basic reading skills

I’ve just won a scholarship. So the Government wants to take away my disability allowance

I’m educated, disabled and penalised. Why not allow me to play to my strengths?

My first year as a TD: ‘I felt like I was working in a blizzard’

The pandemic has made for an unusual first year in the Dáil for some 40 deputies

Next academic year will see 5,000 extra students at college compared to 2 years ago

Government backbenchers call on Minister for Education to give clarity on Leaving Cert

Covid-19 protocols around school closures may be amended if necessary - Taoiseach

Micheál Martin says ‘we cannot have position where every school makes its own decision’

Inquiry to be held into use of anti-epilepsy drug by pregnant women - Minister

Epilim can cause birth defects and problems with development if taken during pregnancy

Teachers’ union calls for early finish to school term

Minister says there are no plans to extend Christmas break despite ‘wellbeing’ concerns

Call to claw back Covid-19 relief for student accommodation refusing refunds

Naughten says certain providers had refused point blank to refund students

Leaving Cert: Independent appeal available for students disappointed with grades

School marks released by Department of Education of which 20 per cent were changed

CAO points climb to record high across many courses

Seven courses break the 600 point barrier

Extra 800 college places found but capacity now at ‘outer limit’

Harris says it is ‘legally fraught’ to ring-fence places for students from previous years

Government urged to ensure 20,000 deferred CAO applicants do not lose out

Results for 25% of those seeking college places risk being devalued by grade inflation

Waterford IT will deliver lectures, tutorials and classes remotely

Institute outlines new ‘blended learning’ to protect the welfare of students and staff

What evidence is there that the IRA still controls Sinn Féin?

Official reports about organisation and army council have produced different results

Election 2020: Rose Conway-Walsh (Sinn Féin)

Mayo – Elected on first count

Saoirse McHugh selling her Green vision to rural Ireland

Election 2020 candidate: ‘I definitely think there’s a seat in Mayo for something new’

Feargal Quinn ‘patented effective socks long before the Taoiseach born’

Tributes paid in the Seanad to businessman and politician, who died in April

Miriam Lord: Lofty new chamber fails to inspire waffling Senators

Back in their expensively refurbished Upper House, the talk was still resolutely cheap

HSE drugs group decides against approving drug for rare muscle-wasting disease

Spinraza is only treatment available for those with spinal muscular atrophy

Irish agriculture ‘greenwashing’ its climate impact – An Taisce

Environmental group disputes claims that Ireland is a world leader in carbon efficiency

Bloody Sunday decision ‘inflicts further injustice’ on victims’ families, Senator says

Mixed reaction in Seanad to charging of one former British soldier over 1972 killings

FF, SF urged to back bid to end ‘sea border’ and allow fishing access

Politicians asked to support suspension of debate until fishermen fully consulted on issue

Current market ‘open season’ for moneylenders - credit union officials

Legislative change needed to allow credit unions lend to social housing bodies

Horan breaks new ground as GAA president addresses Seanad

Central place of the GAA in Irish life reflected in the historic invitation

Insurance claims database not likely before 2019, Minister says

Government criticised at Oireachtas committee for not grasping ‘gravity’ of high premiums

Cervical cancer helpline has received more than 8,000 calls, Seanad told

Senators call for the resignation of HSE chief Tony O’Brien

Health system is incapable of being honest with itself

Even Varadkar and Harris admit being unable to trust what HSE officials told them

SF Senator Máire Devine urged to explain her Twitter activity

Sinn Féin chief Mary Lou McDonald acted ‘swiftly and decisively’, says Seanad leader

Children opting out of religion to get ‘clear programmes’

Minister for Education told families being split due to restrictions on places

‘All I want is to save my son’ - mother pleads for drug to help her boy

Lewis Harte diagnosed with the muscular disease when he was two years old

State’s lack of empathy for Joanne Hayes ‘shameful,’ says Martin

Tánaiste says Government will try to make ‘quick’ decision on compensation

Bankers behind tracker scandal a ‘shower of bastards’, Seanad told

Labour Senator Aodhán Ó Ríordáin criticised for unparliamentary language

Ireland joins France, Germany and Bulgaria in banning fracking

Private Members' Bill passed in Seanad after passage earlier through Dáil

David Norris proposes housing co-op to take over distressed mortgages

Independent Senator warns against influence of ‘bloody vulture funds’

US donors gave €17,600 to Sinn Féin’s 2017 NI campaign

Friends of Sinn Féin raised €345,000 in a six-month period from US supporters

AIB sale a ‘significant milestone’ for banking sector, Noonan says

Minister insists State should not own banks when capital markets willing to do so

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