Graduates could pay up to €150 a month for 15 years under loan schemeSystem would not deter students from disadvantaged areas, Oireachtas committee toldThu Nov 24 2016 - 20:56
Major concerns emerge over students’ basic maths skillsMinister plans to ensure Stem teaching is delivered by qualified specialist teachersThu Nov 24 2016 - 01:00
Failure to agree on third-level funding will damage careers of Irish studentsPeter Cassells says student loan scheme is one of a number of viable optionsWed Nov 23 2016 - 18:14
ASTI drops ban on principals helping with strike back-up plansSchools are less likely to be closed indefinitely if union resumes industrial actionWed Nov 23 2016 - 17:42
Fostered boy was rejected over two years by 28 schoolsOmbudsman for Children raises concern over vulnerable children missing educationWed Nov 23 2016 - 01:00
School admission Bill will allow discrimination, warns OmbudsmanLegislation fails to address ‘baptism barrier’ in certain schools, says Niall MuldoonWed Nov 23 2016 - 01:00
Students’ maths performances key concern in reportReview advises greater support for teachers who lack formal science qualificationsMon Nov 21 2016 - 08:00
Schools to be forced to provide performance updates to parentsNew Bill could also see secondary pupils becoming members of boards of managementMon Nov 21 2016 - 01:00
Trinity joins Oxford and Cambridge in European college network23-strong League of European Research Universities is major player at EU levelFri Nov 18 2016 - 16:30
University heads back student loan scheme to tackle funding ‘crisis’Graduates could repay €16,000-€20,000 in tuition fees over a 10- to 15-year periodThu Nov 10 2016 - 17:32
Moderate voices win out over hardliners in teachers’ disputeConcerns raised over People Before Profit Alliance members joining ASTI picket linesThu Nov 10 2016 - 01:00
Teaching attracting high achievers despite jobs difficultyDiversity still poses challenge with few men or disadvnataged people becoming teachersThu Nov 10 2016 - 00:01
ASTI warns of strikes next month if deal is not struckUnion and Department of Education in third-party talks with arbitration bodyWed Nov 09 2016 - 18:52
Secondary schools to open after ASTI calls off strikeMore than 500 of the State’s 736 secondary schools were closed on TuesdayTue Nov 08 2016 - 21:56
ASTI open to mediation in dispute with GovernmentHundreds of secondary schools set to stay shut for the week in row over supervision dutiesTue Nov 08 2016 - 15:26
More than 500 schools shut as ASTI row rumbles onFailure to end dispute over pay for new teachers could ‘derail’ State exams, FF warnsTue Nov 08 2016 - 07:15
Noonan insists no Garda-style pay rises across public serviceDivisions emerge in Cabinet over how €40m Garda pay settlement will be fundedTue Nov 08 2016 - 01:00
Teachers’ dispute fact-check: Who’s right, who’s wrong?Government and ASTI are at loggerheads over who is to blame for school closuresMon Nov 07 2016 - 18:41
ASTI and Minister blame each other for schools shut downMore than 200,000 students affected by pay dispute over ‘extra hour a week’Mon Nov 07 2016 - 17:06
Secondary schools plunged into chaos over one hour’s additional work a weekLeadership of ASTI seems caught in trap of its own makingMon Nov 07 2016 - 07:20
Schools close indefinitely for 200,000 studentsDisruption comes as tensions mount in Government over Garda pay increasesMon Nov 07 2016 - 01:00
Talks deadlocked as schools set to close from MondayMore than 400 schools to shut indefinitely as ASTI members plan industrial actionFri Nov 04 2016 - 19:15
Institutes of technology face threat due to funding shortfallsHigher Education Authority review shows six face immediate sustainability challengesFri Nov 04 2016 - 01:00
‘Managed decline’ at institutes of technologyThe scale of the impact of funding cuts and fewer resources highlighted in a new reportFri Nov 04 2016 - 00:00
More than 30,000 teachers face vetting by gardaí for first timeAll teachers to face periodic checks under new rulesWed Nov 02 2016 - 20:57
Bruton criticises display of ASTI posters in classroomsUnion’s move to have teachers display anti-reform materials in school ‘inappropriate’Wed Nov 02 2016 - 17:16
ASTI accused of targeting students with postersUp to 40,000 students may lose 10% in English exams as a result of disputeWed Nov 02 2016 - 01:00
Students who ‘failed’ exams to get CAO pointsThose who obtained D1 grade are to be eligible for entry to honours degree coursesWed Nov 02 2016 - 01:00
Q&A: Where next for the teachers’ dispute?Midterm is the last window of opportunity for talks to avert further school closuresFri Oct 28 2016 - 09:26
Deal on teachers’ dispute ‘unlikely’ in time to stop indefinite closure of schoolsTalks aimed at averting large-scale disruption due to start early next weekThu Oct 27 2016 - 22:22
Teachers’ strike: ASTI proposes ‘temporary’ deal to ease tensionGarda sergeants and inspectors to hold second day of action FridayThu Oct 27 2016 - 20:48
Teachers speak out: why we have gone on strike‘I earn up to €8,000 less a year than my colleagues because I qualified after 2011’Thu Oct 27 2016 - 19:53
School closures to go ahead after last-ditch talks end without dealUnion leaders met with Government officials in attempt to avoid strikeThu Oct 27 2016 - 13:37
Over 500 schools close as ASTI teachers stage industrial actionGovernment determined to hold firm line in row over pay rates for new staffWed Oct 26 2016 - 21:57
Hundreds of schools to close for day as ASTI talks make no progressGovernment prepares to remove teachers from payroll if dispute is not resolvedWed Oct 26 2016 - 20:44
Strike looms: Schools warn may not reopen after midtermThursday’s one-day strike action likely to close more than 500 secondary schoolsTue Oct 25 2016 - 20:34
ASTI’s leadership focused on conflict rather than compromiseUnion backed itself ever deeper into a cul-de-sac with little space to manoeuvreTue Oct 25 2016 - 05:00
Pay offer to cause tension in schoolsTeachers not planning to strike will be paid if declarations are signedTue Oct 25 2016 - 01:00
Union warns special pay deals will trigger knock-on claimsSpecial treatment for striking gardaí and teachers ‘unacceptable’, Impact cautionsMon Oct 24 2016 - 09:13
Study finds few students in further education go on to collegeResearch shows lack of transparency over third level places for students in training coursesFri Oct 21 2016 - 18:30
TUI to meet to discuss response to planned ASTI strikeTUI adamant members will not carry out any duties usually done by ASTI colleaguesFri Oct 21 2016 - 08:28
Hundreds of schools ‘may not reopen’ after mid-term breakSecondary schools may close on health and safety grounds over teachers' disputeThu Oct 20 2016 - 20:33
Broke Irish universities are slipping down the rankings and missing Brexit opportunitiesState could become global hub for research but underfunding has hamstrung collegesThu Oct 20 2016 - 18:00
TUI must cross ASTI picket lines in order to be paidTUI’s executive committee due to meet on Friday to provide guidance for membersWed Oct 19 2016 - 20:55
Dublin’s private Notre Dame girls’ school to closeSome 230 pupils affected by plan to close school by June 2019 due to financial difficultiesWed Oct 19 2016 - 19:31
ASTI to resume talks with Government in bid to avert school closuresUnion concerns on pay up for discussion but separate talks to tackle junior cycle reformWed Oct 19 2016 - 16:29
Secondary schools seek supervisors to keep strike-hit schools openParents in schools affected by industrial action will get supervisor application formsWed Oct 19 2016 - 01:00
Doctors latest group to threaten strike over pay claimSenior officials say if demands of gardaí and teachers are met budget will unravelWed Oct 19 2016 - 01:00
Teachers’ pay gap narrows but is not going away soonTwo unions are willing to wait for pay parity, but the ASTI is demanding a timetableTue Oct 18 2016 - 08:57
Meet the changemaker schoolsSt Oliver’s national school in Killarney is part of a network of schools challenging teaching conventionsTue Oct 18 2016 - 00:01
