‘First of all, I don’t have summers off’: Teachers assess the reality of education in Ireland
Three teachers reflect on their experience of Ireland’s past and present and their hopes for the future
Department of Education
Talks on ending dispute over pensions for school secretaries and caretakers break down
‘If progress continues to be blocked, we cannot ... rule out further strike action,’ says Fórsa
Hot school meals: Junior infants served same portions as those in sixth class
Tackling portion size to help reduce food waste generated by scheme, says Department of Health official
‘Ireland’s loss is the world’s gain,’ says new Minister for Education on Donohoe’s resignation
Newly-appointed Minister for Education says she comes to role with ’360 degree understanding’ of brief
Ministers seek more than €2bn to cover costs in excess of this year’s budget
Gardaí require extra €20m for public order overtime, immigration activity and deportations
New Deis Plus plan for Ireland’s most disadvantaged areas needs to be bold
If Deis Plus is watered down, it will be horrifically depressing for everyone within education
Variation in primary teachers’ proficiency in Irish ‘a matter of significant concern’
Department inspectorate found ‘apparent lack of confidence’ among many teachers using Irish in English-medium schools
Irish-language education policy ‘ignores elephant in the room’, advocacy groups warn
Patron body says ‘little progress’ made on similar goals announced 20 years ago
Leaving Cert 2026 results will be lowest in six years as grade inflation tackled
‘It is essential that we return to normal, pre-pandemic arrangements,’ Helen McEntee says
Parents asked about religious and language-based preferences for primary school
Survey aims to assess demand in several areas with a view to evolving school environment
Hundreds of teaching posts remain unfilled amid ‘substitution crisis’, INTO warns
Special schools, disadvantaged areas and Irish-medium education are worst hit
Not having a special class is not a sign of a school’s non-commitment to inclusion
You cannot impose a vision of inclusion without attending to the granular context in which schools operate
Teachers who qualify overseas to be allowed to take induction in Ireland for limited time
Similar schemes have ‘proved valuable’ in tackling teacher supply pressures, department says
UK students are abandoning languages and the arts. Let’s make sure it never happens here
When governments signal that some subjects matter less, the cultural and human cost is far greater than imagined
Budget 2026: Tax cuts for developers of cost-rental apartments considered
Budget 2026: Measures geared towards boosting construction, but talks on childcare package go down to wire
Basic income support scheme for artists to be made permanent and opened to new entrants in budget
Negotiations down to the wire, with five big-spending departments yet to agree their budget allocations
Third-level student fees ‘to be cut by €500 permanently in Budget’
Another €12 weekly rise in core welfare payments in doubt as talks go down to wire
Budget 2026: Public-transport fares set to remain at reduced level next year
DPER understood to be pushing back against indefinite freeze but full reversal to highest level of fares is not likely
The Irish Times view on Shakespeare and the Leaving Cert: hang on to the Bard
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More than one in five pupils missed over 20 days of last school year, data show
Figures still above pre-pandemic levels despite overall reduction in chronic absenteeism
Minister rejects proposal to make Shakespeare optional in Leaving Cert English
Teachers have questioned ‘necessity’ of having playwright as a requirement at higher level
McEntee rejects ‘misinformation’ about sexual orientation elements of new primary curriculum
Fifth and sixth class children should ‘understand what basic attraction is and respect each other’, Minister says
New primary school curriculum includes emphasis on language skills and Stem subjects
Updated specifications include fresh guidance on arts, social and environmental and health learning
Children in need of special school place promised ‘clear roadmaps’ by Minister
Anyone in need of a special school place or a special class in a mainstream school in September 2026 will know where they are going before the end of this year
Pensioners unaware they must return ‘significant’ education and training board overpayments
Almost €774,000 overpaid to 32 ex-education and training boards workers, report finds
School phone bans ‘not in best interests of children’, says Ombudsman
Policy needs to ‘move beyond an over-simplistic focus on bans’, says report
‘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
Schools work to clear backlogs after caretaker, secretary strike as union declares victory
Fórsa believes secretaries and caretakers have achieved their main goals, although negotiations lie ahead on detail
School secretaries and caretakers strike: Union agrees to withdraw industrial action and enter talks
Fórsa says ‘key element’ of agreement is a commitment to negotiate comparable pension entitlements to those of teachers and SNAs
Developer’s plan for nuns’ accommodation in Dublin 4 faces local opposition
Keith Craddock plans 38 bedroom unit block for elderly members of religious orders in need of care in Dublin 4
Teachers should refuse to pass pickets of secretaries and caretakers
The unions have over 86,000 members between them. If they stopped working, the strike would soon end
Losing friends, bullying and tests: Concerns around starting secondary school
UCD’s longitudinal Children’s School Lives project follows 4,000 across almost 200 schools
‘Our absence impacts the children’: School secretaries and caretakers continue strike over work conditions
Secretary says she wants ‘dignity’ and to retire not into poverty
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