Teachers Union Of Ireland (TUI)

We asked delegates at teaching union conferences if they support calls for teachers in urban areas to be paid more to reflect higher living costs

Move could pave way for single union with 40,000 teachers at second and third level.

Delegates at the teaching unions’ conferences discuss the rise of artificial intelligence in the classroom

We must harness the potential of technology while ensuring that risks are adequately policed

Teaching unions have signed up to a public sector pay deal by a huge margin of up to 85 per cent

Teaching unions’ Easter conferences get under way with debate around recruitment ‘crisis’ set to dominate

Staff shortages linked to high living costs will dominate teacher unions’ annual conferences this year

Presidents of both organisations describe opportunity of amalgamation as ‘seismic moment’ in education

A handful of the largest unions could carry or defeat the deal, but the hope among the unions would be that there is a clear outcome in terms of a majority of unions and membership

Union accuses Department of Further and Higher Education of failing to honour 2017 agreement on establishment of new universities

Pay and hours have been restored in most cases - but for some teachers, nurses and others, the status quo never returned

Almost two out of three secondary school leaders say they have unfilled vacancies

New union would represent 40,000 teachers at second and third level

Adult Education Tutors Organisation members protest at Dáil over staffing offer they decribe as ‘unacceptable’

Teacher Aideen Clarke estimates she will be better off by €10-€20 extra per week

She was perfectly happy not to be in the limelight and instead to be the woman in the shadows, just outside the camera’s view

TUI says move will create more full-time teaching positions as latest figures show 416 unfilled post-primary posts advertised

Second level schools forced to hire unqualified staff to fill key subjects, says principals’ group

Candidates with Covid may access deferred sitting, while those with a runny nose advised to attend

Q&A: You are entitled to clear answers on what you are paying and why. don’t get fobbed off with fast-talking and industry jargon

Delegates at TUI conference reject any public pay deal that fails to provide raise above rate of inflation

Delegates at the Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) and Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland (Asti) conferences were asked if they agreed with the proposal

Talks on a new public sector pay agreement set to start before summer

‘There has to be more to it than money,’ says teacher from Carlow

Foley’s proposal as part of senior cycle reform would prompt ballot for industrial action, TUI conference hears

Is technology a threat to education? We asked INTO, ASTI and TUI members at their conferences - and ChatGPT

Treatment of new entrants to profession is ‘professional hazing’, says union chief Michael Gillespie

As Easter conferences get under way, issues such as teacher supply look set to dominate

While there are supports out there, the growing number of roles and responsibilities involved in leading a school are increasingly unsustainable

Move sparked controversy among teachers who criticised it as ‘educationally unsound’

Schoolchildren lost a third of a school year - and they still haven’t caught up. Can the gap be closed?

The brouhaha about the need to abolish school homework, as if it was a recently invented form of cruelty to children, needs perspective and reasoned discussion

Students and teachers are now united in opposing rushed plans that would create more problems than they would solve

Norma Foley pledges to press ahead with reforms she says will ease pressure on students

Poll of principals finds vast majority had difficulties hiring qualified teachers in the past six months

Ireland ranks among one of the top countries when it comes to teachers’ salaries, says report

80% of Irish National Teachers’ Organisation members back 6.5% pay increase

ASTI, INTO, TUI agree on potential action regarding ballots of members