Last-minute talks scheduled in advance of strike by school secretaries and caretakers
More than 2,300 workers to begin action on Thursday, which received 98% backing from union members
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Leaving Cert results 2025 live: ‘I put a lot of hard work in’ says Cork student who achieved eight H1s
Leaving Cert 2025: live updates: This year marks first stage of gradual phasing out of grade inflation
Leaving Cert results day 2025: How grades will mark a gradual return to pre-Covid-19 norms
Leaving Cert students to receive results after six uniquely challenging years
Leaving Cert results 2025: Five key takeaways
Class of 2025 is largest group to sit the Leaving Cert for the first time - which may impact CAO
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’
Are school holidays too long? A mother of two and school principal debate
Parents are frustrated at juggling work demands and childcare while children are off for up to three months every summer
Number of failed asylum applicants granted leave to remain in State drops by half
More than 1,000 were granted permission to remain in 2023, but fewer than 500 in 2024
Ireland tops school class-size ‘league of shame’
More than 40,000 Irish pupils are in classes of 30-plus, with 22.5 average, well above EU figure
Half of post-primary schools apply for phone pouch funding
Total of 380 out of 722 schools seek €25 per student for pouches, lock boxes
A promising start for Jim O’Callaghan, not so for James Browne: How has the Cabinet performed in its first six months?
Jim O’Callaghan and Peter Burke have made promising starts, James Browne has a lot of catching up to do
‘I’m angry that my abuse as a child does not count’ – State must pay for school sexual abuse
Worryingly, the inter-departmental group seem to be completely unaware of the European Court decision on Louise O’Keeffe’s case
Change to summer holidays would need consultation with parents, schools and teachers, says McEntee
Education Minister says summer holidays give ‘everybody a chance to take a break’
New convention to provide ‘once-in-a-generation’ chance to shape Irish education, says Minister
Helen McEntee says the convention’s work will inform a new long-term strategy for education in Ireland
Dracula author’s Dublin birthplace available for €400 a night on Airbnb
Plus Catherine Connolly’s limo life, national anthem lessons and a recession-busting ruse in waiting
Remove statute of limitations to encourage churches and orders to pay sex-abuse redress - expert
It is in the interest of religious organisations to contribute to schemes as way of reducing costs, says Prof Conor O’Mahony of Child Law Clinic
Why are the experiences of people, like me, who were resident in Temple Hill forgotten?
Residents of the old St Patrick’s Infant and Dietetic Hospital are excluded from redress schemes despite its role in adoptions
‘We’re in a dire situation’: Parents fundraising ‘an average of €10,000 per primary school’
Capitation funding falls about €25,000 short of real costs on average, new survey finds
Tourists ‘can’t get their heads around’ Dublin nightclubs closing at 2.30am, night mayor says
Recent report says nightclub sector is ‘downsizing’ but industry members are hopeful about ‘vibrant’ pockets
Officials resist schools abuse redress scheme
Departments want ‘concrete data’ on possible bill, as Government seeks to tap schools’ insurance
Worry about funding redress scheme for abuse in schools runs deep
Opposition has Government in a bind on college registration fees
Government will ‘pursue all levers’ to make religious orders pay redress to victims of school sex abuse
Mr Justice Michael McGrath to be nominated to chair inquiry under proposal brought to Cabinet meeting by Helen McEntee
Domestic violence disclosure scheme could expose victims to ‘unacceptable’ risk, department finds
Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan has committed to setting up a domestic violence register
More than 1,800 teaching posts vacant amid ‘supply crisis’ for new school year
Second level schools finding it ‘impossible’ to replace teachers on leave across key subjects
New school admissions system for second-level schools to be piloted in five towns in October
New approach will simplify enrolments in pilot areas such as Athenry, Celbridge, Clonakilty, Greystones and Tullamore, parents told
Justice plan to overhaul local community safety partnerships to replace joint policing committees
New partnerships a step towards a more collaborative, responsive and locally driven approach, Minister says
Infrastructure crisis must be tackled with the same energy as Brexit
Five years ago, judge Peter Kelly put forward a way to end the flood of planning hearings clogging up the courts. Why hasn’t it been implemented?
New sheriff Jim O’Callaghan took Leaders’ Questions. Expectations were modest…
Some people might have been thinking Jim O’Callaghan was chosen to answer questions precisely because of the topic
Blanket bans on smartphones are not the answer
Smartphones in schools are often seen as a by-product of the pandemic; in truth, they’re a result of earlier policy directions that were often reactive and technologically permissive
‘Uncertain future’ for students with mild disabilities over redesignation of special schools
Vulnerable children would be ‘pushed back into mainstream schools that have already failed them’, says principal
Mobile bans in schools do not have any impact on student grades or wellbeing, study finds
Findings come as Minister for Education Helen McEntee invites schools to apply for €9m for mobile phone storage
Dublin’s strangest museum opens its doors and TDs express fears at Oireachtas AI committee
Overheard: Dubliner Paul Mangan’s collection of bizarre items grew so much his friends joked he should open a museum - so he did
Schools told they cannot spend €9m phone pouch budget on other education needs
Principals say funding should used for more pressing issues
Galway school offers €2,000 to new pupils to prevent loss of second teacher
Scoil Naomh Pádraig is set to lose three of its seven pupils next September
Energy retrofit measures to be carried out at 28 schools in five counties
Measures will raise school’s BER rating to ‘at least B’, says Department
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