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Plans to relocate Drogheda Educate Together school scrapped amid backlash from parents
Earlier this month, local TDs branded the plans for relocation “ridiculous”.
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Feb 18th 2021, 10:14 PM
# Drogheda
Educate Together raises concerns with department amid parents' dismay over plans to move school
Labour TD Ged Nash told the Daíl this week that the planned move was a “ridiculous, wrong-headed decision [that] needs to be overturned”.
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Feb 7th 2021, 6:45 AM
# Schools
Parents dismayed over 'ridiculous decision' to move Drogheda Educate Together school for third time
The school is being moved from east Meath to the grounds of St Oliver’s in Drogheda.
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Feb 4th 2021, 5:01 PM
# Monkstown
'A dire situation': Two Dublin schools closed after electricity and heating failures
The two schools’ principals said they have been notifying the department about health and safety concerns since 2017.
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Jan 31st 2020, 6:20 AM
Voices
Lynn Ruane: We should all support choice in education
Parents need to have a choice over where they send their children to school, writes Lynn Ruane.
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Sep 22nd 2019, 8:30 PM
# Educate Together
Parents' protest leads to Dublin school cancelling plans for Catholic agency to offer sex education
Parents had objected to a religious agency offering education at a multi-denominational Educate Together school.
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Jun 8th 2019, 4:20 PM
# divestment
Archdiocese postpones vote on patronage of Dublin schools, citing 'confusion' about Church celebrations
It was claimed earlier this week that pupils would not celebrate Christmas at Educate Together schools.
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Apr 5th 2019, 6:35 PM
# factcheck
FactCheck: Do multi-denominational schools not mark Christmas or Easter with events?
It has been claimed that a move away from Catholic patronage in schools means these holidays would no longer be marked with events.
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Apr 4th 2019, 4:40 PM
# Joe McHugh
Education minister on school patronage changes: 'Just to be clear - Christmas will not be cancelled'
It was claimed that Christmas celebrations in schools could be curtailed where patronage was switched to multi-denominational.
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Apr 3rd 2019, 9:43 PM
# Catholic Church
Claims that children can't celebrate Christmas at Educate Together schools 'incorrect and misleading'
It has been claimed by one gaelscoil that Irish greetings like dia duit would no longer be allowed.
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Apr 2nd 2019, 3:24 PM
# Education
Almost 4% increase in children enrolled in multi-denominational schools
Education Minister Joe McHugh said the figures reflect the changes taking place in the patronage of Irish schools.
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Dec 27th 2018, 11:34 AM
# new schools
Six new Educate Together schools open their doors this week
None of the schools will open in their permanent accommodation.
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Aug 27th 2018, 9:51 AM
Voices
Why are oversubscribed Educate Together schools only taking half-stream?
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.
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Feb 11th 2018, 9:30 AM
# Educate Together
'Six years on, we still have no school. I'm worried my daughter will never learn in a school building'
Parents and children held a protest outside the Dáil yesterday urging the government to provide them with a school.
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May 31st 2017, 6:20 AM
# looking for space
'It's not fair on our children - one classroom is so stuffy it's nicknamed the headache room'
Ballinteer Educate Together National School is sharing space with another school, despite having 230 pupils.
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May 25th 2017, 6:10 AM
# factcheck
FactCheck: Are Catholic schools more socially diverse than other schools?
FactCheck referees a dispute between representatives of the Iona Institute and Educate Together.
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Mar 24th 2017, 10:22 AM
# process
Educate Together applying for patronage of four more schools in Dublin and Cork
Patrons are being asked to provide evidence of parental demand by 4 January 2017.
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Dec 5th 2016, 6:05 AM
# Back To School
Nine new Educate Together schools opening this week only 'scratching the surface'
The schools will open in Cork, Dublin, Mayo and Wicklow.
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Aug 29th 2016, 6:10 AM
# Castlebar
Mayo councillor objects to Educate Together, calling its schools 'elitist'
The school is due to open in September, with seven children already enrolled.
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Aug 17th 2016, 5:24 PM
# million dollar question
"It's not something that should be up for vote" - can the problem with religion in Irish schools be solved?
96% of Ireland’s national schools are still run by religious orders with the divestment of education proceeding at a snail’s pace.
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Aug 3rd 2016, 9:05 PM
# a fine balance
'She's coming home singing Ave Maria': Religion from the back of the classroom
Ireland’s non-religious parents face some tough choices about how their children participate.
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Aug 2nd 2016, 9:00 PM
# What Next?
'It tends not to be prime property that's handed over': 8 schools opened in 3 years under divestment
TheJournal.ie has spoken to the schools supposed to be offering choice to the parents of Ireland’s primary school pupils.
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Aug 1st 2016, 9:05 PM
# radio waves
There's a ruckus brewing in south Dublin over a mobile phone mast next to a kids' school
Parents say the proposed mast is a ‘risk they’re not willing to take’.
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May 11th 2016, 6:15 AM
# Mayo
'Abandoned, remote and neglected': This is the school Educate Together don't want to use
Educate Together says the school is not suitable as it is too far from the town.
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Aug 27th 2015, 7:54 AM
# lack of choice
'Parents and teachers are scared': Why won't more schools give up their Catholic patronage?
Many have staunchly resisted calls to amalgamate or divest.
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Aug 9th 2015, 2:13 PM
# Storage Heaters
32 milestones in every Irish person's life
Growing up, growing up to be…
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May 20th 2015, 1:10 PM
# Educate Together
Four new primary schools will open in September, as Catholic Church loosens hold on education
It is part of a move to diversify the patronage of schools across the country.
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Feb 13th 2015, 2:20 PM
# Education
Demand from parents leads to four new multi-denominational schools
The four primary schools expected to open in September will run under the patronage of Educate Together.
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Mar 12th 2014, 11:04 AM
# Multi-denominational
Educate Together named as patron for five new secondary schools
The multi-denominational education body was appointed for the role in more than half of new schools.
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Nov 28th 2013, 8:14 AM
# Patronage
Educate Together appointed patron of new schools in Dublin and Galway
The NGO aims to provide equality of access to children regardless of their cultural or religious backgrounds.
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Sep 26th 2013, 10:43 AM
Voices
Column: The Leaving Cert poorly prepares students for the realities they now face
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.
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Aug 15th 2013, 1:00 PM
# Education
Campaign to set up Educate Together secondary school in Dublin
New ET secondary schools are planned for Blanchardstown and Lucan – but parents say there’s a demand in the city itself.
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Jan 22nd 2013, 6:30 AM
Evening Wrap
The 5 at 5 5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock.
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Jul 25th 2012, 4:48 PM
# Educate Together
Multi-denominational Educate Together to run secondary schools
Educate Together will be the first new entrant to second level education since the 1930s.
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Jul 25th 2012, 2:56 PM
# Education
Poll indicates three-quarters of parents want change in primary school patronage
The poll results also show that many parents still want religious education in schools.
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Apr 30th 2012, 6:45 AM
# Education
Teachers dispute Quinn’s claims on new €1.5bn schools programme
The INTO says only 17 of the primary schools being built under the new programme are actually new; the rest are replacements.
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Mar 12th 2012, 1:33 PM
Voices
Column: Children shouldn’t be forced into Catholic schools
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.
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Aug 18th 2011, 7:35 AM
# Schools
System of school patronage "no longer appropriate"
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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Jun 22nd 2011, 12:16 PM