Kieran Christie

Delegates tell ASTI conference of health concerns around return to school

Teachers' union says funding provided for pandemic must be baseline for the future

Teachers angry and dismayed at revision, but no threat to school reopening, ASTI says

Decision over union’s co-operation with new plan ‘could be made in days’

‘Students have to be the number one priority’ but issue to important for union to be outside talks - Taoiseach

Row threatens to derail Government plans to provide clarity to students next week

Tánaiste says special education likely to be followed by primary, exam years and others

Talks on contingency plans for Leaving Certificate exams set to intensify this week

Union leader says it is ‘scandalous’ pay inequality would persist despite past 10 months

Cabinet moves to delay reopening after 21 clusters reported during seven days

‘There’s no point in protecting us from Covid if we all end up getting pneumonia’

Secondary teachers’ union wants faster Covid-19 testing and tracing turnaround

Teachers’ unions raise concerns about safety of schools and ‘shambolic’ testing system

Teachers’ unions feared details would damage student relationships

‘High risk’ teachers anxious about returning to classrooms, Covid-19 committee hears

Covid-19 committee to be told some teachers and SNAs being asked to reuse face masks