Leading entrepreneurs, educators, cultural figures and scientists share their views on how to future-proof education

Siptu says 90% of its 60,000 members in the public service voted in favor of the €3.6bn agreement

Members of Fórsa and primary teachers’ union INTO decisively vote to accept proposed new €3.6 billion agreement which would run to 2026

Striking unions call on the Northern Secretary to release part of a package dependent on a restored Assembly and Executive, and settle the pay dispute

Forsa union chief Kevin Callinan says opening offer from Government side was ‘extremely disappointing’

Unions say they will move to industrial action if there is no deal by January 11th and deny raising unexpected items in talks

Talks are intended to produce a successor to current national public sector pay agreement

Invitation from Government on deal to replace Building Momentum, which expires at end of year, expected to be accepted

Teacher Aideen Clarke estimates she will be better off by €10-€20 extra per week

Despite the introduction of free schoolbooks at primary level, many parents say they still face crippling back-to-school costs

Schools say they are forced to levy charges due to gap in State funding to meet everyday expenses

Delegates at the Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) and Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland (Asti) conferences were asked if they agreed with the proposal

Talks on a new public sector pay agreement set to start before summer

Is technology a threat to education? We asked INTO, ASTI and TUI members at their conferences - and ChatGPT

INTO welcomes ‘timely review’ of relationships and sexuality education, with new curriculum due in 2025

Urgent action needed to tackle ‘excessive workloads’ in school to retain teachers and principals

Thousands of schools without assistant principal posts due to austerity-era spending cuts

Treatment of new entrants to profession is ‘professional hazing’, says union chief Michael Gillespie

As Easter conferences get under way, issues such as teacher supply look set to dominate

Remuneration for role of general secretary of the Irish National Teachers’ Organisation was cut on a voluntary basis following economic crash