
Leaving Cert Helpdesk: What to do if you haven’t received an offer
- Education
- August 16, 2019, 08:00
The Irish Times free online helpdesk is receiving questions from teenagers and their parents over what implications the 2019 Leaving Cert results migh(...)

5,727 applicants receive CAO ‘Round A’ offers
- Education
- July 5, 2019, 08:46
The first round of CAO college places opened this morning with more than 5,700 applicants being offered a place in third level. A total of 5,727 CAO (...)

Information technology course to offer 60 places to single mothers
- Social Affairs
- March 4, 2019, 01:37
Intelligence is classless, a leading education rights advocate has said, announcing details of a new course aimed at helping single mothers who left s(...)

‘I’m as proud to be Irish as I am Kurdish’
- People
- August 8, 2018, 06:00
When most of us reflect on our early childhood years, our memories tend to be blurry and almost dream-like. For Tayan Gaedi, the experience of crossin(...)

6,207 applicants receive CAO ‘Round A’ offers
- Education
- July 5, 2018, 16:52
The first round of CAO college places opened today with more than 6,000 applicants being offered a place in third level. A total of 6,207 CAO applica(...)

Childminding: reforming a profession that doesn't register
- Health & Family
- July 3, 2018, 07:01
A solitary file sitting on a shelf in the Childminding Ireland office is symbolic of the starting point for an inevitable wave of change that is going(...)

Step inside as Stoneybatter’s celebrated houses open doors
- Homes & Property
- June 23, 2018, 00:00
Now in its second year, the Stoneybatter Festival offers a programme of nearly 100 events, encompassing music, food, arts, culture, entertainment and (...)

Non-recognition of qualifications is a major barrier for returning emigrants
- Abroad
- February 17, 2018, 05:10
As part of a consultation process for the Government’s first Global Irish Diaspora Policy, published in March 2015, “recognition of qualifications” wa(...)

If Kylie Jenner can stay off social media, why can’t I?
- TV, Radio, Web
- February 5, 2018, 16:21
The US reality-TV star and youngest of the “Kardashian siblings”, Kylie Jenner, has confirmed the birth of her first child. The birth notice took the (...)

Brexit prompts tumble in number of Irish students going to UK
- Education
- January 15, 2018, 01:00
A few short years ago, thousands of Irish school-leavers were applying for UK-based courses. These numbers have tumbled in more recent times. Higher c(...)