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Hundreds of teaching posts remain unfilled amid ‘substitution crisis’, INTO warns
Special schools, disadvantaged areas and Irish-medium education are worst hit
How can you buy a home in Ireland on a teacher’s salary?
Those lucky enough to get a mortgage over the line have a few factors in common. How are they doing it?
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
Teacher strike threat shelved as talks over new public sector pay deal begin
Unions seek ‘significant’ increases to combat spiralling inflation
Primary pupils beset by ‘anxiety and mental health problems’
Social media and Covid-19 disruption among the factors behind rise, INTO congress hears
Six ways Covid-19 will reshape education
As teacher union conferences are held, many want to retain gains made during pandemic
Is your local school among 310 to get more teachers and funds under expanded Deis scheme?
Disadvantaged programme expanded to include schools attended by 60,000 students
Record 14,000 teachers absent from school last month due to Covid-19
Jump in teacher absences of 55% as school managers warn ‘pandemic is not over’
New advice on face mask rules for schools due shortly
School managers warn ‘pandemic is not over’ amid student and staff absences
Coronavirus: Call for staggered school reopening amid Omicron surge
‘Harm’ of school closures on children outlined by Government rapporteur
Teachers’ unions, Foley and officials to meet before schools reopen
INTO calls for faster response times to Covid outbreaks in schools during the new term
Covid: Supports for schools to be reviewed in light of Omicron wave
Aim is to reopen schools as planned in early January, Norma Foley says
Education sector calls for guidance on how to use ventilation funds
Schools and childcare facilities to get €72 million in Covid grants
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