# Education

This week

29th January 2023 - 4th February 2023

# strike action

Walkout Wednesday: Up to 500,000 workers across the UK on strike today

Teachers, university lecturers, train drivers, civil servants, bus drivers and security guards are going on strike.

12.3k

Wed 8:04 AM

# Schools

Teachers who qualified abroad able to register in Ireland amid staffing shortages

The Teaching Council is trying to increase the supply of registered teachers.

25.9k

Mon 4:53 PM

Last month

January 2023

# Education

Teachers in England and Wales vote for strikes in pay dispute

The National Education Union has declared seven days of walkouts in February and March.

7.0k

Jan 16th 2023, 7:56 PM

# andrew tate

'Cause for deep concern': Influencer Andrew Tate is 'capturing the imagination' of young men

‘I’m teaching over 20 years and I haven’t heard anyone capture their imagination as much as this guy.’

75.1k

Jan 11th 2023, 12:05 AM

# Exams

Leaving Cert students ask Foley to keep 'no cliff edge' vow - and avoid clash with Harry Styles gig

Norma Foley has a challenge ahead to keep everyone happy as she aims to reform the Leaving Certificate.

36.1k

Jan 3rd 2023, 3:07 PM

Voices

The Irish For: Jolabokaflod - a look at Iceland's Christmas books tradition

Darach Ó Séaghdha looks at how people in Iceland focus on books over the holiday season.

8.4k

Jan 1st 2023, 8:30 AM

Last year

2022

# Courts

Girl takes High Court action against primary school over alleged failure to stop harassment from male student

The action follows concern for the girl’s safety on the school premises.

38.0k

Dec 14th 2022, 8:00 PM

THE MORNING LEAD

'It will drive people away': Student teachers on the potential threat to career breaks

A report by

Jamie McCarron

One teacher suggested that staff may simply resign and emigrate to teach elsewhere.

One teacher suggested that staff may simply resign and emigrate to teach elsewhere if the option is removed.

The Department of Education has emphasised that no decisions have been made.

19.3k

Dec 8th 2022, 12:05 AM

Voices

Gary Gannon: Government must act immediately to address teacher shortages

The Social Democrats TD says the teacher shortage is at crisis point – he will table proposed solutions tomorrow.

17.2k

Dec 6th 2022, 7:00 PM

# Education

Parents, students and other stakeholders are being asked their views on Special Educational Needs

The Government has faced criticism about the difficulty in finding school and class places for children with additional needs.

16.2k

Updated

Nov 30th 2022, 9:48 AM

# Cabinet

Social welfare supports of €141.4m provided to Ukrainians this year

Department of Social Protection spending is 1.4% higher than profiled for this year.

24.9k

Nov 2nd 2022, 6:13 PM

# out the gap

Thousands of students stage walk-out from lectures in cost of living protest

The protest aims “to remind college authorities and politicians that students aren’t an endless money pit”.

42.7k

Oct 13th 2022, 1:30 PM

# school books

School books free at primary level next September but exclusion of secondary criticised as 'baffling'

The initiative comes following years of lobbying by parents’ groups and charities.

10.9k

Updated

Sep 27th 2022, 4:46 PM

# Budget supports

'Significant intervention is needed': Coalition leaders to meet to discuss rising energy costs

Minister for Energy Eamon Ryan will bring a memo to Wednesday’s Cabinet meeting setting out a series of options.

14.9k

Sep 5th 2022, 1:38 PM

# Special Education

Minister Madigan announces 17% increase in special class places for Dublin and Cork

15,759 special class places will be available this year, an increase of 2,312 from the previous school year.

10.2k

Aug 24th 2022, 12:23 PM

# Higher Education

Additional €2 million in financial supports for underrepresented and disadvantaged students

The new funding will allow people who are on existing scholarships to retain funding for additional courses, including graduate entry medicine.

7.0k

Jul 29th 2022, 6:00 AM

# sex education

New SPHE syllabus to teach Junior Certs how to recognise domestic violence, minister says

Emotional wellbeing, gender, and how to be safe online will be updated features of a new SPHE curriculum.

14.2k

Updated

Jul 18th 2022, 3:03 PM

# Cost of Living

'We've no way to buy cheaper uniforms': Parents facing price hikes ahead of new school term

Poverty campaigners and parents’ groups fear that back-to-school costs will be compounded this year by the cost-of-living crisis.

Poverty campaigners and parents’ groups frequently highlight the cost of going back to school every summer.

There are growing fears that the cost-of-living crisis will place an additional burden on parents, Emer Moreau writes.

17.2k

Jul 5th 2022, 6:30 AM

# Education

Government approves legislation to compel schools to provide special education classes more quickly

The legislation was announced this afternoon by Ministers Norma Foley and Josepha Madigan.

14.6k

Jun 28th 2022, 4:14 PM

# Leaving Cert

Leaving Cert: CAO round one offers to come out on 8 September

Leaving Cert results will be delayed again this year, coming out in early September rather than mid-August.

12.1k

Jun 24th 2022, 5:19 PM

# Leaving Cert

Leaving Cert: CAO round one offers to come out on 8 September

Leaving Cert results will be delayed again this year, coming out in early September rather than mid-August.

Jun 24th 2022, 4:58 PM

# Exams

Delay in issuing Leaving Cert results 'will cause huge levels of additional stress and worry'

The Leaving Cert exam results will be issued on 2 September.

22.0k

Updated

Jun 23rd 2022, 3:40 PM

# job fairy

Accountancy apprenticeship programme to create 140 jobs

Applications are based in colleges in Cork, Dublin, Galway, Limerick, Monaghan, Waterford and Wicklow.

25.2k

Jun 12th 2022, 6:00 PM

# Education

Colleges to get €3 million euro a year to support students with autism

Funding will start to be rolled out next year to approved projects.

9.1k

Jun 2nd 2022, 5:45 PM

# special education centres

Autism charity calls for immediate clarity on proposed 'special education centres'

Speaking this morning, Higher Education Minister Simon Harris said the proposal “won’t fly” with the public.

13.7k

Jun 2nd 2022, 3:00 PM

# Education

Government urged to confirm 'special education centres' no longer being considered

The proposal was met with backlash from parents and campaigners last week.

10.9k

Updated

May 31st 2022, 3:30 PM

# special education centres

Communication of plans for special needs education ‘less than ideal’, Harris says

The Higher Education minister said it’s “absolutely essential” that the number of special education classes in mainstream schools is increased.

6.6k

May 27th 2022, 11:22 AM

# Education

'Ten steps backwards': Govt proposal to open 'special educational needs centres' met with criticism

Five centres are set to open in Dublin in September as an “interim” solution for children without a special class place in school.

12.8k

May 26th 2022, 3:07 PM

# Ukraine

Nearly 6,000 Ukrainian children and teens enrolled in Irish schools

The Department will continue to publish figures on the enrolment of Ukrainian children each month.

13.6k

May 16th 2022, 6:00 AM

# Third Level Education

No date yet for promised cut to student contribution fee, Harris says

The Higher Education Minister said the Government is firmly against “unfair” student loans.

12.0k

Updated

May 4th 2022, 1:32 PM

# SUSI

Simon Harris plans to 'overhaul' student grant system

The minister is bringing proposals to the Cabinet today.

22.0k

Updated

May 3rd 2022, 1:00 PM

# Fees

Minister 'disappointed' by BOI decision to end graduate medical student loan

Fees for graduate entry medicine (GEM) students are now set at €16,290 per year for Irish students.

27.7k

Apr 30th 2022, 7:30 AM

# Attendance

Parents left stressed after schools report children to Tusla for missing days due to Covid

The number of children included in these absence reports increased during the pandemic due to Covid-19 illness and close contact rules.

54.8k

Apr 13th 2022, 12:05 AM

# Fees

Registration fees for Ukrainian teachers 'under review', Teaching Council says

Labour’s education spokesperson Aodhán Ó Ríordáin says there is an urgent need for language support for Ukrainian children.

15.3k

Mar 31st 2022, 6:11 PM

# Education

Activists promise protests in Afghanistan if Taliban fails to reopen girls' schools

“If the girls’ schools remain closed even after one week, we will open them ourselves.”

7.7k

Mar 27th 2022, 2:18 PM

# close the gap

Harris announces €450k funding to assist Traveller and Roma students in higher education

There is a significant gap in higher education between Travellers and the wider population, Minister Simon Harris says.

19.3k

Mar 21st 2022, 6:00 AM

# Education

Minister says Irish third-level students fleeing Ukraine can continue their studies in Ireland

Simon Harris said work is also underway to ensure Ukrainian people can access higher education in Ireland too.

19.7k

Mar 14th 2022, 8:23 PM

# school admissions

Housing crisis among reasons why ring-fencing school places is wrong, says Children's Ombudsman

It is currently allowed that 25% of school places can be reserved for children and grandchildren of past pupils.

14.2k

Feb 8th 2022, 6:10 AM

# Education

Labour bill seeks to end single-sex schooling within 15 years

The party says the bill is needed amid “the wider discussion about gender equality”.

22.5k

Feb 7th 2022, 9:16 AM

# schools admissions

Clause that ring-fences places for children of past pupils not widely used, committee to be told

Labour’s Bill seeks to change the School Admissions Act.

13.1k

Feb 1st 2022, 6:30 AM