I work in a private school. Is my job secure?

Ask Brian: Debate over funding for fee-charging sector casts spotlight on who pays teachers

Move to universal free childcare, welfare boosts among FF TDs budget proposals

McGrath fields views of backbench TDs on budget during parliamentary party meeting

Your ‘marshmallow brain’ vs your ‘acorn brain’: Breaking the short-term thinking habit

Unthinkable: Acorn brain worries about pensions. Marshmallow brain thinks short-term

Arts and minds – Frank McNally on the uneasy relationship between Irish politics and art

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Rose of Tralee Dr Sinéad Flanagan hopes to continue working while carrying out duties

Limerick Rose and Love Island’s Greg O’Shea both went to Crescent College

Mary McAleese’s son lays out stall for FF election run

Justin McAleese to seek Fianna Fáil party nomination in Dublin Rathdown

Conor Pope’s A to Z of back to school

The holidays are nearly over, so it’s time to fret about bags, bedtimes, books – and ‘voluntary’ contributions

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Charlie Haughey: Who’s who in RTÉ drama

Final episode of RTÉ1 series Charlie on late former taoiseach screens on Sunday night

Minister faces up to cuts, Junior Certs and equality

The new Minister for Education only has about 18 months to prove herself. There is steel and no small amount of cunning behind Jan O’Sullivan’s genial exterior

Pay attention down the back – it’s the A-Z of school

There’s an entire alphabet of financial, educational and societal considerations when preparing a family for the return to school

Devil’s workbooks are only the start

The staggering cost of equipping a child for school has been the subject of much debate, but little has been done to reduce it, writes Conor Pope

Changes in regime relating to fee-paying schools threaten the Protestant ethos

Opinion: Vast majority of parents are hard-working taxpayers and not well-off

Masterpiece by Paul Henry appears at auction for the first time

80 years after it was bought for £300, ‘The Potato Diggers’ is expected sell for over €300,000