# educate-together - Thursday 18 February, 2021
# Drogheda Educate Together
# Drogheda Educate Together
Earlier this month, local TDs branded the plans for relocation “ridiculous”.
# educate-together - Sunday 7 February, 2021
# Drogheda
# Drogheda
Labour TD Ged Nash told the Daíl this week that the planned move was a “ridiculous, wrong-headed decision [that] needs to be overturned”.
# educate-together - Thursday 4 February, 2021
# Schools
# Schools
The school is being moved from east Meath to the grounds of St Oliver’s in Drogheda.
# educate-together - Friday 31 January, 2020
# Monkstown
# Monkstown
The two schools’ principals said they have been notifying the department about health and safety concerns since 2017.
# educate-together - Sunday 22 September, 2019
# Column
# Column
Parents need to have a choice over where they send their children to school, writes Lynn Ruane.
# educate-together - Saturday 8 June, 2019
# Educate Together
# Educate Together
Parents had objected to a religious agency offering education at a multi-denominational Educate Together school.
# educate-together - Friday 5 April, 2019
# Divestment
# Divestment
It was claimed earlier this week that pupils would not celebrate Christmas at Educate Together schools.
# educate-together - Thursday 4 April, 2019
# Factcheck
# Factcheck
It has been claimed that a move away from Catholic patronage in schools means these holidays would no longer be marked with events.
# educate-together - Wednesday 3 April, 2019
# Joe McHugh
# Joe McHugh
It was claimed that Christmas celebrations in schools could be curtailed where patronage was switched to multi-denominational.
# educate-together - Tuesday 2 April, 2019
# Catholic Church
# Catholic Church
It has been claimed by one gaelscoil that Irish greetings like dia duit would no longer be allowed.
# educate-together - Thursday 27 December, 2018
# Education
# Education
Education Minister Joe McHugh said the figures reflect the changes taking place in the patronage of Irish schools.
# educate-together - Monday 27 August, 2018
# New Schools
# New Schools
None of the schools will open in their permanent accommodation.
# educate-together - Sunday 11 February, 2018
# Opinion
# Opinion
If the divestment process is to be meaningful, schools must be allowed to grow to full stream intake if the demand is there, writes Ronan Moore.
# educate-together - Wednesday 31 May, 2017
# Educate Together
# Educate Together
Parents and children held a protest outside the Dáil yesterday urging the government to provide them with a school.
# educate-together - Thursday 25 May, 2017
# Looking For Space
# Looking For Space
Ballinteer Educate Together National School is sharing space with another school, despite having 230 pupils.
# educate-together - Friday 24 March, 2017
# Factcheck
# Factcheck
FactCheck referees a dispute between representatives of the Iona Institute and Educate Together .
# educate-together - Monday 5 December, 2016
# Process
# Process
Patrons are being asked to provide evidence of parental demand by 4 January 2017.
# educate-together - Monday 29 August, 2016
# Back To School
# Back To School
The schools will open in Cork, Dublin, Mayo and Wicklow.
# educate-together - Wednesday 17 August, 2016
# Castlebar
# Castlebar
The school is due to open in September, with seven children already enrolled.
# educate-together - Wednesday 3 August, 2016
# Million Dollar Question
# Million Dollar Question
96% of Ireland’s national schools are still run by religious orders with the divestment of education proceeding at a snail’s pace.
# educate-together - Tuesday 2 August, 2016
# A Fine Balance
# A Fine Balance
Ireland’s non-religious parents face some tough choices about how their children participate.
# educate-together - Monday 1 August, 2016
# What Next?
# What Next?
TheJournal.ie has spoken to the schools supposed to be offering choice to the parents of Ireland’s primary school pupils.
# educate-together - Wednesday 11 May, 2016
# Radio Waves
# Radio Waves
Parents say the proposed mast is a ‘risk they’re not willing to take’.
# educate-together - Thursday 27 August, 2015
# Mayo
# Mayo
Educate Together says the school is not suitable as it is too far from the town.
# educate-together - Sunday 9 August, 2015
# Lack Of Choice
# Lack Of Choice
Many have staunchly resisted calls to amalgamate or divest.
# educate-together - Wednesday 20 May, 2015
# Storage Heaters
From The Daily Edge
# Storage Heaters
Growing up, growing up to be…
# educate-together - Friday 13 February, 2015
# Educate Together
# Educate Together
It is part of a move to diversify the patronage of schools across the country.
# educate-together - Wednesday 12 March, 2014
# Education
# Education
The four primary schools expected to open in September will run under the patronage of Educate Together .
# educate-together - Thursday 28 November, 2013
# Multi-denominational
# Multi-denominational
The multi-denominational education body was appointed for the role in more than half of new schools.
# educate-together - Thursday 26 September, 2013
# Patronage
# Patronage
The NGO aims to provide equality of access to children regardless of their cultural or religious backgrounds.
# educate-together - Thursday 15 August, 2013
# Opinion
# Opinion
The Leaving Cert is an outdated, crude and brutal instrument that fails to prepare young people for either the realities of third level education or modern life in general, writes Paul Rowe.
# educate-together - Tuesday 22 January, 2013
# Education
# Education
New ET secondary schools are planned for Blanchardstown and Lucan – but parents say there’s a demand in the city itself.
# educate-together - Wednesday 25 July, 2012
# Educate Together
# Educate Together
Educate Together will be the first new entrant to second level education since the 1930s.
# educate-together - Monday 30 April, 2012
# Education
# Education
The poll results also show that many parents still want religious education in schools.
# educate-together - Monday 12 March, 2012
# Education
# Education
The INTO says only 17 of the primary schools being built under the new programme are actually new; the rest are replacements.
# educate-together - Thursday 18 August, 2011
# Opinion
# Opinion
As the Leaving Cert results sink in, we need to change the school system to give parents real options, writes John Holohan of Educate Together .
# educate-together - Wednesday 22 June, 2011
# Schools
# Schools
A forum to diversify how schools are run has opened in Dublin and will hear submissions from education and religious groups.
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