Department of Education

Taking the church out of Irish primary schools

The Catholic Church is patron of almost 90% of primary schools. Can a new reconfiguration plan deliver more choice for parents?

Behind Ireland’s Covid response: ‘We were going to be building morgues for people’

Key Irish figures recall the fear and uncertainty of the pandemic’s early days

School initiatives helping passionate students tackle climate change

Green Schools programme sees 3,400 schools awarded green flag

Learning with dyspraxia: ‘I finally got a reason for my clumsy nature’

Biggest challenges for young people with condition are usually in school

Influx of Ukrainian children poses huge challenges for school system, ASTI says

Norma Foley says necessary supports will be provided to help education sector cope

Teachers demand right to disconnect from ‘constant stream’ of emails, messages

Erosion of switch-off time has lingered since Covid-19 school closures, INTO congress hears

Primary pupils beset by ‘anxiety and mental health problems’

Social media and Covid-19 disruption among the factors behind rise, INTO congress hears

‘I don’t see myself ever being able to afford a home’: Teachers struggle with cost of living

Inflation, class sizes and special-needs supports among key issues for union members

Irish primary school pupils could be taught Ukrainian under languages initiative

Funding to be provided for language modules aimed at over 40,000 pupils

Teachers who are sexually assaulted in schools must be let take leave, ASTI official says

Department of Education urged to review its assault leave system for teachers

Teacher’s union ‘concerned’ over move of Leaving Cert English paper one to fifth year

Change announced last month as part of a reform of the Leaving Cert from 2024

Council approves €4.5m sale of Mount Anville site in south Dublin for gaelscoil

Three-storey, eight-classroom school possibly to be developed for Gaelscoil Laighean

Will Irish schools cope with an influx of Ukraine’s refugee children?

Schools have been quick to open their doors, but there is an urgent need for English language supports

Litigation risk over school places for special needs pupils, internal records show

Children ‘pushed’ into special classes, department warns

Special needs support: ‘Our State is failing our children’

School says it is unable to access enough SNAs to support vulnerable pupils

Student supports help record numbers complete second level, says Taoiseach

About 91% complete post-primary in Ireland, one of the highest rates in the world

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