More than 100,000 public sector workers to begin industrial action on Wednesday
Move comes as unions exert pressure on Coalition to start talks on new pay agreement
ASTI
School closures loom on separate days next month as teacher pay dispute escalates
Members of ASTI to begin work-to-rule on October 5th and will strike nine days later if ‘meaningful’ pay talks are not under way
‘Widespread concern’ among those tasked with senior cycle reform, ASTI says
Union tells Minister and curriculum council of ‘frustrations’ with running of subject development groups
Health union official appointed as new general secretary of ASTI
Linda Kelly to succeed Kieran Christie as head of union representing more than 20,000 secondary teachers
Teachers to demand future pay rises match inflation
ASTI defers proposal to seek 6 per cent rise until after forthcoming public service talks
Science teachers offered old telephone box to store chemicals, equipment and students’ work
Teachers express concern they do not have adequate training, resources or facilities for laboratory-based research
Teachers must receive substantial pay rise, ‘no ifs or buts’, says ASTI
General secretary of second-level teachers’ union says Government has not moved on from mindset of austerity
Education: More than 20,000 ASTI union members set ‘to be excluded’ from promotional posts
Contentious issue of roles to be established by Coalition to support students with Leaving Cert reforms surfaces at annual conference
Variation in primary teachers’ proficiency in Irish ‘a matter of significant concern’
Department inspectorate found ‘apparent lack of confidence’ among many teachers using Irish in English-medium schools
Teachers should refuse to pass pickets of secretaries and caretakers
The unions have over 86,000 members between them. If they stopped working, the strike would soon end
Last-minute talks scheduled in advance of strike by school secretaries and caretakers
More than 2,300 workers to begin action on Thursday, which received 98% backing from union members
All schools expected to open next week despite strike by secretaries and caretakers, Department of Education says
But Fórsa says up to 2,300 schools could be affected by industrial action over pensions, terms and conditions
Reformed Leaving Cert would allow too many opportunities to cheat using AI
Every step is already susceptible to AI intervention, from brainstorming ideas to generating a structure for each section, to writing the entire piece
Leaving Cert English oral exam to be delayed for a year
Moves comes as teachers are balloted over whether to back changes or embark on industrial action in the autumn
Teachers are being bullied into accepting reforms that will damage education
Unethical use of AI is rampant and in danger of producing students whose degrees are essentially meaningless
The Irish Times view on Leaving Cert reforms: AI must be taken seriously
A thriving market has sprung up for software that makes detection impossible
Synge Street CBS teachers may take industrial action over Gaelcholáiste plan
School patron says school is facing ‘serious sustainability challenges’ due to declining enrolment
Teaching union urges members to back new Leaving Cert reform package
Changes due to roll out from September have sparked threats of industrial action
Teacher had to postpone having children due to restrictions on sick leave, ASTI conference told
Julianne Butler from Limerick used up sick leave provision which operates over a four-year cycle
Synge Street CBS board of management says it will ‘not proceed’ with move to Gaelcholáiste
Board says the change to planned move in 2026 is due to staff concerns
Teachers to protest next week in bid to delay Leaving Cert reform
ASTI and TUI say school day will not be disrupted by planned demonstrations
Leaving Cert students to get up to 50% of marks by creating video in new subject
Drama and film studies to be introduced to schools on ‘phased basis’ from 2025 onwards
Moves to address teacher shortages have failed ‘to make dent’ in problem, says ASTI
Most schools had vacancies last year, only one in five of those that advertised received applications - union survey
Teacher union members indicate high levels of support for proposed merger
Survey of ASTI and TUI members indicates overwhelming majority favour merger talks proceeding
Parents are regular offenders in social media bullying of teachers, survey finds
A fifth of teachers have been subject to online abuse, with students responsible in a majority of cases
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
ASTI general secretary’s inclusion on panel ‘unfair and unlawful’, Enoch Burke claims
Kieran Christie strongly denies Mr Burke’s claims, which are based on Mr Christie accepting law of land on gender recognition
Tributes paid following death of ASTI teachers’ union president
Miriam Duggan, a teacher at Rosmini Community School in Drumcondra, was elected ASTI president last year
Do teachers support a ‘Dublin allowance’ for colleagues facing higher costs?
Delegates at the Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) and Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland (Asti) conferences were asked if they agreed with the proposal
Pay increases key to addressing teacher supply crisis, says union head
Agreement at ASTI conference to campaign for abolition of classroom-based assessments in junior cycle
Teachers’ views on AI: Is artificial intelligence to be embraced or feared?
Is technology a threat to education? We asked INTO, ASTI and TUI members at their conferences - and ChatGPT
Is teaching still an attractive profession?
We asked delegates at teachers’ unions annual gatherings in Killarney, Cork and Wexford
Secondary school teachers say there is no rationale for moving English and Irish exams
ASTI members call for stronger teacher involvement in curriculum reforms
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