Norma Foley

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

ASTI members call for stronger teacher involvement in curriculum reforms

Ictu president says cost-of-living issues will dominate talks in any new pay deal

Schools to be recognised for anti-bullying measures under new Department of Education plan

Union survey says cost-of-living issues are worsening the challenges of recruiting and retaining teachers

Survey shows almost half of secondary schools do not have enough teachers

Campaigners say publication is inappropriate for 12-15 year olds

Construction delays linked to high inflation had sparked protests from schools affected

About 80% of principals said they had employed at least one unqualified teacher this school year

Rebel TD’s support ahead of Dáil confidence vote remains unclear

St Enda’s National School, Whitefriar Street is to become multidenominational Community National School as part of patronage reconfiguration project

Places to be provided over the next two years as part of efforts to boost the supply of teachers

Norma Foley announced move with 5,200 Ukrainian children now in Irish secondary schools

Minister for Education says pilot scheme in 100 Deis schools found books cost €85 per pupil on average

Schools may purchase texts and copybooks from any bookshop under guidance

Draft proposals had included more difficult syllabus for those attending Irish medium and Gaeltacht schools

Shortages ‘90 per cent certain’ due to lack of information about operation of scheme, book industry says

Toilets, uniforms, students’ pronouns and the curriculum are the subject of a polarised conversation

Government departments in talks over funding pressure linked to construction inflation

New blueprint includes bigger focus on science, technology, wellbeing and arts - and less time for Irish

Higgins’s comments come in wake of debate regarding transgender education in schools

Investigation will ‘look at everything’ including possibility of compensation, says Norma Foley

Main purpose is to identify what survivors want to see happen next

Move by Minister Norma Foley follows allegations at Blackrock College and other schools dating back to 1960s

Martin to brief Cabinet on Defence Forces participation in the UN Disengagement Observer Force

Foreign languages, Stem education, wellbeing and ‘flexible’ time for school feature in new blueprint

Schools ‘may’ continue to give homework to pupils while teaching time for religion will be cut

Delays set to affect thousands of students and teachers in temporary accommodation or prefabs

Hard Shoulder host brings an easygoing manner to Holly Cairns interview and Northern Ireland coverage

Move sparked controversy among teachers who criticised it as ‘educationally unsound’

Moving exams to fifth year meant to be ‘easy win’, but critics likely to ask if more ambitious reform is feasible

Sharp division over teaching of gender identity and use of pronouns in updated sex education syllabus

Wider senior cycle change will hinge on successfully moving English and Irish exams to fifth year

Department of Education says it is not yet in a position to provide ‘definitive timeline’

Students say release of results in September will spark last-minute scramble for accommodation

Just 400 out of 8,000 children in special schools accessed last year’s programme

Delay set to result in later college start and last-minute scramble for college accommodation

Government strategy aims to increase Ireland’s presence on the ‘global stage’ by boosting numbers studying languages