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# Department of Education

All time
Home by 10am: 'Misuse' of reduced school days leaving a generation of Traveller children 'lost'
Updated 17 Oct 2021
54.7k
School secretaries to strike outside Department of Public Expenditure over lack of better pay offers
1 Sep 2021
13.2k
10
'The sooner it's boarded up the better': Official wanted door to be blocked to stop homeless person 'moving in'
7 Jul 2021
76.6k
75
School meals programme to be extended this summer due to impact of Covid-19 pandemic
21 Jun 2021
12.0k
17
Hoardings were put up where homeless man was known to sleep to 'prepare building for Leaving Cert'
28 May 2021
49.2k
41
High Court challenge begins against direction to readmit expelled student with special needs
15 Feb 2021
22.6k
Leaving Cert 2021: Survey and emails from 'stressed' students presented to State exam Advisory Group
22 Jan 2021
16.9k
19
Doubt over Thursday re-opening for special education classes amid 'make or break' talks
19 Jan 2021
41.2k
147
At-risk SNAs and childcare among final obstacles in resuming special-education classes
Updated 16 Jan 2021
44.6k
95
Number of sixth year students studying a foreign language falls as STEM gender gap persists
28 Dec 2020
19.8k
39
Dept of Education officials say it was 'impossible' to get staff to check Leaving Cert algorithm
10 Nov 2020
32.1k
20
Schools told to stop using more than 50 sanitising products following government review
Updated 29 Oct 2020
62.2k
51
Schools being asked to check hand sanitiser supplier following recall of brand due to possible 'health concerns'
Updated 23 Oct 2020
93.1k
75
Parents sometimes feel 'coerced' into accepting reduced timetables for their children, committee hears
15 Oct 2020
32.0k
9
'No decision made' on extension to school mid-term break to curb virus
9 Oct 2020
44.9k
61
Government urged to drop novels with 'racial slurs' from Junior Cert syllabus in response to Black Lives Matter protests
14 Sep 2020
51.3k
168
Over 3,000 students turned down for school bus tickets, according to new figures
10 Sep 2020
23.1k
24
The Leaving Cert: When are the results due, and what can we expect?
6 Sep 2020
44.1k
23
'It's a huge risk': Pregnant teaching staff say they've been left in the dark over the return of schools
30 Aug 2020
53.2k
54
No clear start date for new guidance counsellors a 'travesty' for students
29 Aug 2020
22.0k
17
Overcrowded classes and an empty classroom: Serious 'frustration' at teaching job cuts during a health crisis
28 Aug 2020
26.3k
32
School closures prompt changes to 2021 Leaving Cert and Junior Cert exams
21 Aug 2020
50.8k
23
Secondary school buses to run at 50% capacity only, government confirms
20 Aug 2020
24.3k
48
The mental health system is preparing for a 'tsunami' of cases from young people - staff are worried it can't cope
16 Aug 2020
26.1k
19
All children who are not at-risk expected to return to school, and can miss a max of 20 days off school
3 Aug 2020
111k
133
'Very, very big plan' - Government to unveil school reopening plan today
27 Jul 2020
58.5k
97
'Clarity takes time': Education Minister responds to criticism over schools plan
24 Jul 2020
23.1k
44
Leaving Cert results date: ASTI criticises announcement but says 'at least there's now certainty'
Updated 17 Jul 2020
31.8k
69
Large schools will have to stagger their opening times in September, warns union
2 Jul 2020
51.3k
58
Social distancing rules mean it's inevitable students won't be back in school full-time - ASTI
Updated 2 Jul 2020
50.0k
119
Students will be required to maintain at least one metre distance when schools return
1 Jul 2020
43.7k
49
Summer provision programme ‘categorised by confusion’ due to changing messages, says charity
25 Jun 2020
7.7k
2
Minister announces Leaving Cert exams cancelled, all students to receive 'calculated grades'
8 May 2020
115k
92
Explainer: What are the options for this year's Leaving Cert, and why is it so complicated?
7 May 2020
30.8k
44
Junior Cert students to receive 'certificates of completion' from State and written report from school
29 Apr 2020
130k
84
Debunked: Department of Education says as of now, it is not ordering all schools to close
10 Mar 2020
111k
75
Irish colleges to develop €80,000 online system for reporting sexual assault and harassment
18 Feb 2020
8.9k
9
€1m pilot scheme for schoolbooks for disadvantaged primary school pupils announced
9 Jan 2020
9.2k
54
School secretaries unhappy with 'an absolute joke' 1.5% pay increase offer
13 Dec 2019
10.7k
33
Building company facing legal action from Dept of Education to 'vigorously contest' any litigation
14 Oct 2019
19.3k
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