# department-of-education - Monday 12 August, 2019
# Education
# Education
IQ levels and psychological assessments are no longer a factor.
# department-of-education - Thursday 8 August, 2019
# Courts
# Courts
The teenager was expelled by the school’s board of management in November 2018.
# department-of-education - Friday 2 August, 2019
# Abuse Survivors
# Abuse Survivors
That’s according to a new report published today.
# department-of-education - Wednesday 31 July, 2019
# Education
# Education
Last month the Department of Education served statutory notices on 18 schools and two patrol bodies in the Dublin 15 area urging them to make additional provision.
# department-of-education - Tuesday 23 April, 2019
# Education
# Education
A new scheme aimed at teaching pupils a second language was announced today.
# department-of-education - Tuesday 19 March, 2019
# Homelessness
# Homelessness
Neither the Department of Education nor the State Examination Commission keep those details.
# department-of-education - Monday 28 January, 2019
# Education
# Education
Fianna Fáil education spokesperson Thomas Byrne has claimed poor training and insufficient pay was behind the drop in the supply.
# department-of-education - Thursday 17 January, 2019
# Support Our Secretaries
# Support Our Secretaries
Kathleen O’Doherty from Donegal has written to eight Education Ministers about school secretaries’ pay.
# department-of-education - Saturday 22 December, 2018
# High Court
# High Court
A total of 42 schools built by Western Building Systems were inspected over concerns about potential structural problems earlier this year.
# department-of-education - Thursday 15 November, 2018
# Space To Play
# Space To Play
Parents and children of Naomh Fionnbarra GAA Club are calling for the restoration of their all-weather pitch.
# department-of-education - Monday 29 October, 2018
# Safety Concerns
# Safety Concerns
The results of some assessments are due to be released tomorrow.
# department-of-education - Thursday 25 October, 2018
# Building Inspections
# Building Inspections
The company was involved in the construction of the extension to Beaumont Hospital.
# School Closures
# School Closures
A total of 42 schools will be assessed over the next two weeks.
# department-of-education - Tuesday 23 October, 2018
# Tyrrelstown
# Tyrrelstown
More than 1,200 pupils in north Dublin have been affected by the closures.
# department-of-education - Monday 10 September, 2018
# Mixing It Up
# Mixing It Up
New specifications for Maths, Home Economics, History, Music and Geography are set to go live from this month for Junior Cert students.
# department-of-education - Monday 27 August, 2018
# Courts
# Courts
The student involved cannot be identified for legal reasons.
# department-of-education - Monday 23 July, 2018
# Discrimination
# Discrimination
The family were told the girl wasn’t eligible for the free scheme because there was a suitable school nearby.
# department-of-education - Sunday 15 July, 2018
# Equal Pay Equal Work
# Equal Pay Equal Work
There are around 3,000 school secretaries in Ireland – most of whom are in precarious employment.
# department-of-education - Monday 25 June, 2018
# Construction
# Construction
In mid-January, it emerged that work had stalled on a number of schools after the UK-based firm went bust.
# department-of-education - Thursday 7 June, 2018
# Liquidation
# Liquidation
On Tuesday, Sammon Contracting Ireland Limited was placed into liquidation.
# department-of-education - Sunday 3 June, 2018
# Planning Issues
# Planning Issues
Dublin City Council granted permission but the decision has been appealed to An Bord Pleanála.
# department-of-education - Friday 13 April, 2018
# Loads More Spaces
# Loads More Spaces
17 of the new schools are to be built by September 2019. The vast majority of the new institutions will be located in the Dublin area.
# department-of-education - Tuesday 10 April, 2018
# Sammon
# Sammon
Carillion went bust in early January, as a result of debts of over £1.5 billion.
# department-of-education - Wednesday 4 April, 2018
# Let's Talk About Sex
# Let's Talk About Sex
Proposed legislation seeks to remove religious ethos from sex education in schools.
# department-of-education - Friday 9 February, 2018
# Child Safety
# Child Safety
The Department of Education said the “safety of children travelling on the school transport service is of paramount importance”.
# department-of-education - Thursday 11 January, 2018
# Nord Anglia
# Nord Anglia
The Nord Anglia International School in Dublin will offer students the International Baccalaureate.
# department-of-education - Saturday 30 December, 2017
# 1916 Bursary Fund
# 1916 Bursary Fund
Students will be allocated €5,000 per year over the next three years, coming to a total of €6 million.
# department-of-education - Tuesday 19 December, 2017
# Religious Orders
# Religious Orders
Current criteria allows the Catholic church to appoint nuns, priests, monks and brothers as principals and teachers in schools.
# department-of-education - Friday 1 September, 2017
# Checkups
# Checkups
Fire safety in Ireland’s public buildings has been under the microscope in recent months.
# department-of-education - Wednesday 28 June, 2017
# Religious Reasons
# Religious Reasons
There will still be exceptions in cases of minority schools, the Minister said.
# department-of-education - Sunday 25 June, 2017
# Education Regulation
# Education Regulation
The Department of Education won’t meet with the teachers as they are private workers.
# department-of-education - Friday 2 June, 2017
# Past The Post
# Past The Post
The 89-year-old stadium shut in February and a school will be built on the site.
# department-of-education - Tuesday 30 May, 2017
# Waiting Game
# Waiting Game
New legislation will see the waiting lists phased out after admission reforms.
# department-of-education - Tuesday 2 May, 2017
# Sold
# Sold
But nobody is saying for how much.
# department-of-education - Monday 17 April, 2017
# Diversity
# Diversity
The initiative is aimed at encouraging disadvantaged groups into the teaching profession.
# department-of-education - Thursday 3 November, 2016
# Deadlock
# Deadlock
The gardaí are not the only public servants who are currently locked in talks.
# department-of-education - Friday 23 September, 2016
# Letters
# Letters
Earlier this year, it was reported that people abused while in Irish national schools had received the letters.
# department-of-education - Friday 22 July, 2016
# National School Abuse
# National School Abuse
O’Keeffe won a landmark legal against the Irish State in the European Court of Human Rights.
# department-of-education - Tuesday 14 June, 2016
# Education
# Education
Minister for Education Richard Bruton said the increase will support 160 new special classes – many for children on the autism spectrum.
# department-of-education - Thursday 9 June, 2016
# Education
# Education
Hundreds of students each year are denied supports like readers and scribes and advocates say the SEC needs to widen eligibility criteria.
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