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Homeschooling 2.0: ‘It’s very different. I feel the pressure is off this time’
- Education
- January 16, 2021, 01:00
It’s one week into Homeschooling 2.0 and the atmosphere in many – if not all – homes in the State stands in marked contrast to the pandemic panic of l(...)

How to choose the right secondary school for your child
- Education
- January 8, 2021, 08:30
The data published by The Irish Times today, which measures the progression of students from schools to third-level institutions, is just one fac(...)

Young Scientist entrant designs system using AI to counter ‘deepfakes’
- Science
- January 7, 2021, 21:06
The growing social impact of “deepfake” digital content prompted a Co Cork student to use artificial intelligence (AI) to devise a detection system wh(...)

Open Days: Should you bring your parents?
- Education
- November 3, 2020, 05:00
Would you welcome your parents tagging along to an open day? Or would you be more likely to say: “please go away, you’re embarrassing me”? Over the (...)

Don’t focus on one course: be open to whatever is out there
- Education
- November 3, 2020, 04:00
Asking someone in their late teens to settle on a college course doesn’t mean committing to a particular career, says Neil McCann, a career guidance t(...)

The sky’s the limit and then some for Edel Thornton
- Other Sports
- October 29, 2020, 06:00
Edel Thornton isn’t your average Irish athlete. In fact, she isn’t your average basketball player either. Picking up basketball wasn’t exactly the fir(...)

Schools in south Dublin among the most oversubscribed in the country
- Education
- October 3, 2020, 02:50
Schools in the south Dublin area are among the most heavily oversubscribed in the country, according to enrollment data published for the first time. (...)

Author and broadcaster Jonathan Bardon dies aged 78
- Books
- April 21, 2020, 17:05
Jonathan Bardon, the historian who chronicled the development of Ulster from the earliest times to the present day, has died, his family has said. He(...)

School buildings and the election: ‘Our children are the future’
- Education
- February 4, 2020, 00:00
Mary Healy, a mother of two, says it was “one of the happiest days of my life” when she heard a new primary school would be built close to her home. (...)

History ‘special status’ forces big reversal of Junior Cycle reform
- Education
- October 15, 2019, 00:00
The decision to grant the subject of history a special status in the Junior Cycle has been met with relief in many quarters. As a former history teac(...)