Mr Mchugh

Teachers’ unions are threatening industrial action if the Government does not make a firm commitment over the coming days to restore pay equality for (...)

Panels of substitute teachers are to be employed on full-time salaries to help primary schools source teaching cover at short notice. Many primary sc(...)

The Department of Education is in advanced talks to purchase a multimillion euro site in the Goatstown area of south Dublin for a new primary and seco(...)

Special needs assistants (SNAs) will be automatically provided to schools at the start of the academic year rather than waiting for an individual stud(...)

My son in transition year is eligible to be exempt from Irish for the Leaving Certificate under National University of Ireland rules, given that he wa(...)

The Government is to press ahead with plans to make geography an optional subject for junior cycle students despite opposition from teachers and acade(...)

An acute shortage of engineering graduates means there will not be enough qualified workers to meet the country’s current and future needs, the repres(...)

More than two million documents from the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse, the Residential Institutions Redress Board, and the Residential Insti(...)

Secondary schools will be able to jointly-hire teachers for the first time under a new plan aimed at easing shortages in key subjects such as maths, s(...)

International recruitment agencies are offering Irish trainee teachers thousands of euro up-front to move abroad to teach in subjects such as science (...)