Aine Hyland
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Let politicians know that education matters
- Opinion
- January 18, 2020, 01:00
If I were to bet that education will not be a major electoral issue, my money would be completely safe. Yet there are 371,455 pupils currently enroll(...)

Private school accused of heating up points race in fourth year
- Education
- November 25, 2019, 01:14
A private school has sparked controversy by introducing a new programme that it says allows students to cover large sections of the Leaving Cert curri(...)

Teachers say junior-cycle science curriculum being ‘dumbed down’
- Education
- June 3, 2019, 00:33
Science teachers say a new science curriculum for pupils completing the junior cycle amounts to a “dumbing down” of the subject. The finding is conta(...)

Department of Finance fears on free education not justified
- Education
- May 10, 2019, 02:00
Not all doom-laden Department of Finance warnings over ambitious public spending plans necessarily come to pass. While the department tasked with kee(...)

Patron bodies: Who really controls your child’s school?
- Education
- April 30, 2019, 00:00
Over the next 10 years, the Government will spend an eye-watering €8 billion on new school buildings. It will then hand over the keys – and control – (...)

Educate Together schools salute ‘radical’ founders 40 years ago
- Education
- October 12, 2018, 01:00
When a pioneering group of parents went about trying to set up the State’s first multi-denominational school in the mid-1970s, they quickly realised t(...)

Baptism of ire: School move to prioritise ‘active’ parishioners sparks controversy
- Education
- July 30, 2018, 01:00
Should a child who attends church services regularly get priority access to their local State-funded school? It’s a question that goes to the heart o(...)

How can we solve the teacher supply crisis?
- Education
- July 11, 2018, 12:22
Minister for Education Richard Bruton has set a target for our education system to become the premier one in Europe by 2026. This is an admirable go(...)

Fee-paying schools not providing special classes for children with autism
- Education
- June 4, 2018, 01:00
Fee-paying schools do not provide any special classes for children with autism or learning disabilities, it has emerged. Disadvantaged schools, by co(...)

Call for Ireland to maintain strong research links with UK after Brexit
- Education
- May 29, 2018, 21:30
The Government’s Brexit Strategy should seek to preserve the closest possible research links between Ireland and the UK, according to the president of(...)