Teacher at Dublin school allegedly cut security camera wires so ex-partner couldn’t see student visiting their home, inquiry hears
Teacher allegedly had romantic relationship with Leaving Cert student, fitness-to-teach inquiry hears
Teaching Council
Fitness-to-teach panel considers ruling on former principal who stole more than €100,000 from school
Man was found guilty of 381 instances of theft in a primary school between 2017 and 2019
Former principal convicted of €100,000-plus theft from school faces fitness-to-teach inquiry
Barrister for Teaching Council argues man’s criminal record affects his fitness to continue working in profession
Teacher’s rape conviction ‘fundamentally incompatible’ with profession and its values, says Teaching Council panel
Patrick Joseph Bardon is serving a 10-year sentence in the Midlands Prison for the oral rape of one of his then students in the 1990s
Principal denies student teacher’s sexual harassment allegations while cross-examining her at inquiry
Teaching Council fitness-to-teach inquiry adjourns to consider findings
Almost all Irish primary schools employed unqualified substitutes in last academic year
Principal says staff shortages placing ‘immense pressure’ on schools
Principal accused of locking student teacher in school and suggesting they pursue sexual relationship, inquiry hears
Woman claims former boss suggested they book into a hotel ‘to get to know each other better’; he denies the allegations
School principal loses High Court challenge over poor professional performance finding
Principal claimed Teaching Council failed to give adequate reasons for its finding against him
High Court removes teacher from professional register after hearing of inappropriate messaging
Man claimed messages were banter or locker-room talk but acknowledged he should not have sent them
Three teachers struck off register as complaints increase by 35%
A total of 45 complaints concerned conduct or behaviour including physical abuse or assault, verbal assault and sexual or intimate contact with a student
Teacher should be removed from register for inappropriate messages to students - disciplinary panel
Hearing told ‘nothing sinister’ intended in messages and that secondary teacher had wanted ‘to relive his teenage years’
More than 4,600 Irish teachers working abroad as schools at home struggle with staff shortages - study
Teacher supply posing challenges for schools, especially in the greater Dublin area where rents are high
‘Dealing with parents can be scary’: New teachers on life in today’s classroom
Although many young teachers are emigrating, most have chosen to stay in Ireland. Five of them share their experiences
It is now an emergency. Bold action is needed: A Dublin principal on the capital’s teacher shortage
Schools are dropping subjects. A €2,000 payment for newly-qualified teachers is not going to cut it
Court suspends teacher from professional register for month over forged signatures
Teaching Council raised query about the form because all three signatures ‘looked similar’
Landlord who complained about tenant after she questioned his tax compliance ordered to pay damages
Residential Tenancies Board hears landlord complained to Teaching Council about woman when she refused to leave
School principal asks High Court to overturn Teaching Council’s poor performance finding
Sanction made over failing to inform an autistic pupil’s parents about a complaint that teacher allegedly mistreated student for months
Teaching offers ‘many and varied’ career pathways
Teachers are responsible for imparting knowledge and skills that are essential for people to succeed in life
I recently qualified as a maths teacher in the UK. Can I apply for a job in Ireland?
Teachers who qualified outside Ireland are eligible to apply for registration, even if they have not completed their induction
Teacher alleged to have shouted and pulled at autistic pupil accused of professional misconduct
Fitness-to-teach inquiry hears school principal failed to inform pupil’s parents of allegations
Court strikes off teacher who sent inappropriate Snapchat messages to girls
High Court hears man described one of the girls, who were aged 13 and 14, as a ‘little ride’
A teacher on Budget 2024: ‘I am the squeezed middle. It helps, but not that much ’
Teacher Aideen Clarke estimates she will be better off by €10-€20 extra per week
Court approves cancelling teacher’s registration over false document
Teacher gave a false document as a certificate of her qualification to the Teaching Council
Teacher (20s) who sent Snapchat messages ‘of a highly sexual nature’ to teenage girls struck off
Teaching Council finds teacher, who cannot be named for legal reasons, sent inappropriate messages to six of his former students aged between 13 and 14
Over 3,000 newly qualified teachers join national register
Ongoing economic pressures affecting teacher supply and availability in Ireland
Teacher (20s) accused of inappropriate conduct on Snapchat with female students was ‘predator’, parent claims
Claim made at inquiry by Teaching Council into behaviour of teacher, who sent part-topless photo of himself to one young teenager and made ‘sexualised’ comments to another
‘Teaching is an expression of self’: 10 reasons why I’m a teacher
Teaching demands an ability to think on your feet and respond to challenges and opportunities
Why homework has merit and can be a force for good
The brouhaha about the need to abolish school homework, as if it was a recently invented form of cruelty to children, needs perspective and reasoned discussion
Concern among teacher unions over handling of Enoch Burke’s dismissal
Teacher entitled to appeal outcome of disciplinary hearing within 10 school days
‘It would be quicker to train as a medical consultant’: Teachers from abroad face long registration process
Many who qualified outside Ireland complain of red tape, obstacles and delays in securing teaching posts here
Teacher removed from professional register over false claims he worked for years at Cork school
The President of the High Court made the order in respect of Colm McCarthy, who is originally from Co Cork
Teacher claims evidence unlawfully obtained by former partner not admissible at fitness-to-practise hearing
The woman is the subject of an ongoing inquiry into her fitness to teach
Number of Ukrainian pupils enrolled in Irish schools climbs to 5,843
Official data suggest significant spare capacity remains at primary and second-level
Some 20 Ukrainians apply to become teachers in the State
‘Tailored process’ developed to support registration and vetting of qualified Ukrainians
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