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# education - Thursday 2 April, 2020
Government defers controversial 'School Inclusion Model' for SNAs
The Department is deferring the introduction of the new model due to disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
# education - Monday 30 March, 2020
A TV class for primary school children starts on RTÉ2 today at 11am
The ‘Home School Hub’ will be aired each morning from 11am to 12 noon on RTÉ2.
# education - Wednesday 25 March, 2020
Homeschooling: Two experienced practitioners and two 'struggling to adjust' parents give their advice
Parents throughout Ireland are facing new and difficult challenges. What advice is there from those who’ve been doing this for years?
# education - Tuesday 24 March, 2020
Government working on 'contingency plans' for Leaving Cert
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said that there was a very good chance state exams would go ahead as planned this summer.
# education - Thursday 19 March, 2020
Government examining how to continue with meals for vulnerable children during school closure
The Minister for Education acknowledged that many children rely on programmes such as the breakfast club at their schools.
# education - Thursday 12 March, 2020
Taoiseach orders schools, colleges and childcare facilities to close from 6pm this evening to prevent spread of coronavirus
The news was announced by Taoiseach Leo Varadkar in the United States this morning.
# education - Tuesday 10 March, 2020
CAO applications show drop in languages, arts and agriculture
A total of 72,973 applications were received by CAO by the due date on 1 February.
# education - Saturday 7 March, 2020
Catholic group that taped students together in sex ed talks develops presentation for primary schools
Teenagers have previously spoken to TheJournal.ie about the presentations in secondary schools – in one case a group was told condoms fail one in six times.
# education - Wednesday 4 March, 2020
Opinion: This Seachtain na Gaeilge, we should celebrate the rise of the Gaelscoil Generation
Gaelscoileanna increased in numbers in the last 40 years, and now we have young business leaders with a passion for Gaeilge, writes Daithí de Buitléir.
# education - Friday 21 February, 2020
Ireland ranks high on education, but very poorly on climate action in progress index
Ireland ranked 10th out of 15 comparable countries on a UN Sustainable Progress Index.
# education - Wednesday 5 February, 2020
Opinion: Religion is a choice - not an obligation. Let's make religious classes opt-in
Our schools may be Catholic, but young Irish families, increasingly, are not, writes David Graham of Education Equality.
# education - Friday 17 January, 2020
Want to be a CGI wizard, sous chef or finance specialist? There's now an apprenticeship for that
Apprenticeships are changing – but attitudes to them need to catch up.
# education - Friday 10 January, 2020
'We just want what's fair': School secretaries protest nationwide as they conduct work-to-rule action
Talks between the Department of Education and trade union Fórsa are still ongoing at the Workplace Relations Commission.
'It's heartbreaking': Concern for students amid fears UK will pull out of Erasmus programme post-Brexit
Thousands of students from all over Europe, including the Republic of Ireland, go to the UK as part of the programme each year, and vice versa.
# education - Thursday 9 January, 2020
Education minister pleads with school secretaries to cancel planned industrial action tomorrow
Rallies have been organised at a number of locations including at Leinster House and at the minister’s Donegal constituency offices.
# education - Monday 23 December, 2019
Enrolments rise in multi-denominational schools, but there's been a very slight decrease in Catholic schools
Almost 940,000 pupils are enrolled in primary and post-primary schools in Ireland.
# education - Tuesday 17 December, 2019
Patronage of six new post-primary schools announced, with two going to Educate Together
The six schools are due to open in September 2020.
# education - Friday 13 December, 2019
School secretaries unhappy with 'an absolute joke' 1.5% pay increase offer
Talks broke down between the Department of Education and Fórsa at the Workplace Relations Commission this week.
# education - Tuesday 3 December, 2019
How are Ireland's 15-year-olds doing in school compared with the rest of the world?
Ireland’s students among top performers in reading, science and maths, but are more dissatisfied with their lives.
# education - Tuesday 26 November, 2019
Chair of child abuse inquiry reports "seriously erroneous" figure in commission report
Mr Justice Ryan said the claim that 170,000 were admitted to institutional school is, in fact, closer to 42,000.
# education - Sunday 10 November, 2019
'Young people learn about sex through porn, many have no idea what a healthy relationship looks like'
Parents and teachers need to be better equipped to talk to young people about sex and relationships, Noeline Blackwell has said.
# education - Wednesday 6 November, 2019
'The teachers hated me': High rate of school suspensions among homeless men revealed by new study
Failings in the school system increase the risk of homelessness, according to a new study.
# education - Tuesday 15 October, 2019
LIT and AIT want to join up to create a River Shannon-linked technological university
The goal is to create a new unique, disruptive technological university.
# education - Monday 14 October, 2019
Building company facing legal action from Dept of Education to 'vigorously contest' any litigation
Some 42 schools constructed by Western Building Systems have been at the centre of a safety probe.
# education - Thursday 10 October, 2019
Gaeltacht grant to be restored for trainee teachers but not all students will be eligible
Minister Joe McHugh announced the measure in his department’s Budget 2020 briefing.
# education - Monday 7 October, 2019
Changes to summer scheme for children with disabilities to be considered after High Court cases
The scheme provides funding towards extra schooling in July for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder or severe learning disability.
# education - Saturday 5 October, 2019
Opinion: Many students will be locked out of third-level if costs and supports don't start to balance
The cost of accommodation, grant reductions and rising fees are causing real challenges to young people.
# education - Thursday 3 October, 2019
Opinion: 'History's special status at Junior Cert level should be celebrated, but the curriculum has major blind spots'
Aspects of Irish history are conspicuous by their absence from the syllabus, writes Caoimhín de Barra.
# education - Wednesday 2 October, 2019
Education minister agrees to bring school secretaries dispute to Workplace Relations Commission
The dispute centres around the fact that only a few hundred of the country’s 3,500 secretaries are paid directly by the Department.
# education - Thursday 26 September, 2019
'We're seen as glorified babysitters': Survey finds 94% of childcare workers can't make ends meet
More than half of people working in the sector are actively looking for another job.
# education - Monday 16 September, 2019
Teachers at DCU English school say offer of 50c pay increase is 'a slap in the face' Exclusive
Staff at the school have raised a number of issues about pay and conditions.
# education - Thursday 12 September, 2019
Parents threaten High Court action against school over reduction of subjects taught in Irish
The board has said teacher shortages led to the decision to have most subjects taught in English.
# education - Sunday 8 September, 2019
'Lost in the system': Some school secretaries say they're not getting their 2.5% pay increases
The Department said that they’ve received calls on the issue, where they advise secretaries on what action they can take.
# education - Tuesday 3 September, 2019
Five new gaelscoileanna to be opened in Dublin over next three years
“I want to help address the imbalance in the availability of Irish-medium education,” Education Minister Joe McHugh said.
# education - Monday 2 September, 2019
Anger as Junior Cert results day delayed by two weeks
Traditionally, students receive their results in the middle of September.
# education - Friday 30 August, 2019
There's been a huge increase in the number of Leaving Cert appeals
The increase comes after last year’s legal challenge.
# education - Tuesday 27 August, 2019
Third-level students are suffering from extreme anxiety and depression, study shows
Those without stable student accommodation were likely to suffer from anxiety (50.0%) and depression (77.8%).
# education - Wednesday 21 August, 2019
'Collecting the school voluntary contribution is an unwanted and stressful obligation on principals'
As things stand, the contribution is needed to keep school doors open, writes Joseph A Moynihan.
# education - Monday 19 August, 2019
HSE accused of 'robbing Peter to pay Paul' by cutting €31.80 allowance for students with disability
Organisations have said young people with a disability will have “a further barrier to equality placed before them”.
# education - Sunday 18 August, 2019
FG accused of being 'out of touch' over college comments, but who wants to scrap fees and how much would it cost?
Comments by two Fine Gael ministers this week landed them in hot water with students.
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Poll: Did the FAI make the right call replacing Mick McCarthy with Stephen Kenny?
THE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION of Ireland yesterday announced that Stephen Kenny will take over as manager of the Irish football team immediately.
Kenny was due to take over from Mick McCarthy in August following the Euro 2020 campaign but the postponement of the tournament has hastened that move, with the former Dundalk manager taking over immediately.
Kenny paid tribute to McCarthy’s contribution to Irish football. McCarthy also gave Kenny his blessing and wished him well in his career as manager of the team.
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Wood Quay veteran, hero of the Liberties: John Gallagher's death has deprived Dublin of one of its champions
By Donal Fallon
Gallagher, who passed away recently, kept Dublin and the Liberties in his heart.
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