Health union official appointed as new general secretary of ASTI
Linda Kelly to succeed Kieran Christie as head of union representing more than 20,000 secondary teachers
Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland
‘Living pay cheque to pay cheque’: Teachers feel pinch of cost-of-living crisis
Recent pay rises leave teachers feeling they amounted to ‘half or less than half’ rate of inflation’
Teacher union conferences expected to focus on pay as inflation increases
Conferences also scheduled to consider workplace stress, school inspections, assaults on staff and impact of recruitment and retention crisis
Teachers to consider escalating industrial action over lack of pay rises
Union survey finds high level of concern that AI has changed practical meaning of what constitutes ‘student work’ in Leaving Cert
Main public-sector unions add 16,000 members in two years
Unions representing healthcare workers, teachers and local government workers increase revenues and reserves despite challenges faced by wider movement
‘A generation of students is losing out’: State trailing behind globally in education spending, OECD finds
Report indicates Ireland’s ratio of 19 students per member of teaching staff exceeds OECD average of 15 to one
The new Leaving Cert changes explained: ‘The most significant reforms in a century’
Updates are causing division and concern among educators - but what can students and parents expect in the classroom?
All schools expected to open next week despite strike by secretaries and caretakers, Department of Education says
But Fórsa says up to 2,300 schools could be affected by industrial action over pensions, terms and conditions
Hundreds of teaching posts remain unfilled as schools prepare to reopen, says ASTI
Most school leaders ‘received no applications for vacancies advertised during last academic year’
Enoch Burke wins injunction to halt disciplinary panel hearing his appeal over dismissal
Judge prevented current panel from holding a hearing ‘with a great deal of reluctance’
Reformed Leaving Cert would allow too many opportunities to cheat using AI
Every step is already susceptible to AI intervention, from brainstorming ideas to generating a structure for each section, to writing the entire piece
Teaching union votes to accept controversial Leaving Cert reforms
Strong TUI support indicates threat of industrial action in schools next autumn has faded
Teachers face loss of 5% pay increase if Leaving Cert reforms blocked
Teacher unions to ballot members on whether to accept package or take industrial action in September
What Irish teachers think of AI: ‘It has great benefits’
Artificial intelligence has a role to play in class, but educators are wary of scope for misuse by students
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