Ger Curtin

9 results

The examinations run until Wednesday 20th June for Junior Certificate/Cycle subjects and Friday 22nd June for Leaving Certificate subjects.
Wait is over for 120,000 students as exams begin

Exams are under way this morning as more than 120,000 students start more than two weeks of Leaving Certificate and Junior Cycle examinations. Examin(...)

Minister for Education Richard Bruton speaking at the ASTI conference in Cork. Photograph: Michael Mac Sweeney/Provision
Bruton’s speech interrupted by heckles at teachers’ conference

Minister for Education Richard Bruton’s speech to ASTI delegates on Tuesday was interrupted by heckles amid anger over two-tier pay rates for teachers(...)

Pictured at the Irish National Teachers’ Organisation annual conference are Graham Fitzpatrick, Ed Platt, John Paul Phelan and Michael Weed, who are calling for equal pay for all teachers. Photograph: Moya Nolan.
Teachers’ unions threaten strike action over unequal pay

All three teachers’ unions have formed a united front and backed motions calling for potential strike action unless the Government commits to abolishi(...)

Teachers from the INTO, ASTI and TUI protesting before a Government report on pay equalisation. Photograph: Alan Betson
Unequal pay for teachers leading to ‘brain drain’ from the profession

Unequal pay for teachers is causing a “brain drain” which has the potential to seriously undermine children’s education, trade unions have warned. Th(...)

The Irish Primary Principals’ Network said surveys showed difficulties in sourcing substitute teachers for teachers on short-term absences were getting worse. Photograph: PA
Teachers warn of ‘crisis point’ staff shortages

Children’s education is now suffering because of growing difficulties finding qualified teachers, school managers have warned. The Oireachtas educat(...)

Unions have strongly criticised the current two-tier pay structure which has seen those recruited since 2011 paid less than those in place prior to that date.
Numbers entering teaching ‘collapsing’ due to low pay, unions claim

There has been a collapse in the number of people applying to study for qualifications to become second level teachers due to pay inequality, educatio(...)

ASTI delegates at a meeting in June. File photograph: Cyril Byrne/The Irish Times
ASTI second-level teachers reject public service pay deal

The leadership of the Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland (ASTI) is to meet next month to consider whether to reinstate a campaign of industrial(...)

ASTI executive met to decide what to recommend on pay deal. Pictured are general secretary Kieran Christie and president Ger Curtin. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw
Secondary teachers’ union recommends rejection of public pay deal

The union representing 18,000 secondary teachers is recommending its members reject the new public service pay deal. Members of the Association of Se(...)

Minister of State Mary Mitchell O’Connor has broken with official Government policy by expressing support for the principle of equal pay for equal work for teachers. Photograph: Eric Luke
Fianna Fáil seeks equal pay for teachers within two years

Fianna Fáil has called on the Government to introduce equal pay scales for teachers within the next two years. It follows controversy after Minister (...)