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When will the Leaving Cert begin, exactly? Minister for Education Joe McHugh is likely to formally announce that it will begin on Wednesday, July 29th(...)

The country’s biggest secondary teachers’ union has stated that it will work to support the Government’s decision to postpone the Leaving Cert exams u(...)

I am a Leaving Certificate student and in recent weeks we have been clamouring for clarity around the fate of the 2020 exams. The announcement la(...)

Many secondary students have expressed concern that the Government’s decision to postpone the Leaving Cert until late summer will lead to burnout and (...)

The country’s largest secondary teachers union says it has “a number of serious concerns” over elements of the decision to postpone the Leaving Cert u(...)

Teachers’ unions say they do not expect members will be redeployed to assist with health services as part of the Government’s efforts to contain the c(...)

All three teachers’ union conferences which were due to take place over Easter have been postponed due to coronavirus. The Association of Secondary (...)

A dispute between secondary teachers and the Department of Education over the timing of professional collaboration meetings has escalated into a major(...)

Secondary schools face losing teaching posts if teachers continue to hold professional collaboration meetings during normal tuition hours, the Departm(...)

Secondary teachers could end up teaching for longer under a plan drafted by the Department of Education aimed at ending a dispute over the timing of m(...)