# schools - Wednesday 4 March, 2020
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
Government ministers met to discuss measures this afternoon.
# schools - Wednesday 5 February, 2020
# Religious Education
# Religious Education
Our schools may be Catholic, but young Irish families, increasingly, are not, writes David Graham of Education Equality.
# schools - Thursday 9 January, 2020
# Pay Gap
# Pay Gap
Rallies have been organised at a number of locations including at Leinster House and at the minister’s Donegal constituency offices.
# schools - Monday 23 December, 2019
# Education
# Education
Almost 940,000 pupils are enrolled in primary and post-primary schools in Ireland.
# schools - Tuesday 17 December, 2019
# Secondary SChools
# Secondary SChools
The six schools are due to open in September 2020.
# schools - Monday 9 December, 2019
# Pay Talks
# Pay Talks
The one-day strike in January will be followed by a work-to-rule from the secretaries, trade union Fórsa said.
# schools - Thursday 5 December, 2019
# School Building
# School Building
A number of new school buildings in Dublin are included among the initial plans.
# schools - Wednesday 27 November, 2019
# Facilities
# Facilities
There is a large difference in distances between rural and urban settings for all services.
# schools - Monday 25 November, 2019
# Summer Works Scheme
# Summer Works Scheme
Some of the allocation will be used to establish electric vehicle charging points.
# schools - Monday 11 November, 2019
# Your Say
# Your Say
From Wednesday, there will be a ban on alcohol advertising within 200 metres of a school.
# schools - Monday 4 November, 2019
# Banned
# Banned
Alcohol ads will be banned near schools, creches and playgrounds from next week.
# schools - Monday 14 October, 2019
# Legal Action
# Legal Action
Some 42 schools constructed by Western Building Systems have been at the centre of a safety probe.
# schools - Friday 11 October, 2019
# Teacher Strike
# Teacher Strike
Schools could be affected by teachers’ strike if Government doesn’t take action on two-tier pay.
# schools - Monday 7 October, 2019
# Teach Me As Me
# Teach Me As Me
The Children and Youth Affairs Minister launched the social media campaign and competition today.
# schools - Thursday 19 September, 2019
# Equal Pay For Equal Work
# Equal Pay For Equal Work
A school secretary could be paid as little as €12,500 a year, with no holiday pay, sick leave or pension entitlements.
# schools - Wednesday 18 September, 2019
# Secretaries
# Secretaries
The union’s head of education, Andy Pike, said the department didn’t offer any credible proposals.
# schools - Tuesday 3 September, 2019
# Oideachas
# Oideachas
“I want to help address the imbalance in the availability of Irish-medium education,” Education Minister Joe McHugh said.
# schools - Monday 2 September, 2019
# Delayed
# Delayed
Traditionally, students receive their results in the middle of September.
# schools - Saturday 24 August, 2019
# Dublin 15
# Dublin 15
With schools set to return next week, hundreds of pupils across Ireland have yet to be given a place.
# schools - Friday 16 August, 2019
# Building Works
# Building Works
Education Minister Joe McHugh gave an update on the remediation programme on the schools built by the firm.
# schools - Thursday 15 August, 2019
# Nutrition
# Nutrition
36 schools have been chosen to participate in the new pilot project.
# schools - Friday 2 August, 2019
# Primary Schools
# Primary Schools
More than a fifth of registered primary pupils in the recent school year were in overcrowded classes.
# schools - Tuesday 16 July, 2019
# Irish League Of Credit Unions
# Irish League Of Credit Unions
Parents of primary school students are paying €50 less than last year, while parents of secondary school students are paying €20 more.
# schools - Wednesday 19 June, 2019
# Remedial Works
# Remedial Works
The remedial works will be carried out over the summer period with all schools expected to re-open as normal for the new term in September.
# schools - Thursday 13 June, 2019
# Losing Out
# Losing Out
Ombudsman Dr Niall Muldoon said anecdotal evidence shows some children suffer disproportionately from “reduced timetables”.
# schools - Tuesday 14 May, 2019
# Opinion
# Opinion
Robin Stevens grew up in a generation were ‘gayness was erased’. Her books have shown her that young readers want to read about LGBTQ+ lives – and she wants to see more of this explored in schools.
# schools - Monday 8 April, 2019
# Autism
# Autism
Some 33% of parents said they were waiting one to two years for a place to become available.
# schools - Friday 5 April, 2019
# Farming
# Farming
The Irish Farmers Association want the teaching pack withdrawn or amended.
# schools - 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.
# schools - 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.
# schools - Sunday 31 March, 2019
# Measles
# Measles
Most people agree with this stance but almost one in five are unsure, according to an opinion poll.
# schools - Sunday 17 March, 2019
# Sinne Fianna Fail
# Sinne Fianna Fail
There have been calls for the teaching of the national anthem to be added to the curriculum.
# schools - Monday 25 February, 2019
# Opinion
# Opinion
Exercise should be viewed as medicine. Indeed, if exercise could be prescribed as a pill, it would be the most prescribed drug on the planet, writes Professor Niall Moyna.
# schools - Thursday 21 February, 2019
# Education
# Education
The patronage of the schools was recommended by the New Schools Establishment Group.
# schools - Tuesday 29 January, 2019
# Schools Cup
From The42
# Schools Cup
Success Edogun scored the sole try in response for a spirited Kilkenny side.
# Overhaul
# Overhaul
A report launching today calls for a radical overhaul of how sex education is taught in both primary and secondary schools.
# schools - Friday 25 January, 2019
# Personal Injury
# Personal Injury
The School Transport Scheme transports children who reside in remote areas of the country to and from their nearest school.
# Homelessness
# Homelessness
Latest figures show that there are over 3,800 children living in emergency accommodation in Ireland.
# schools - Friday 4 January, 2019
# Environment
# Environment
The Green Party has said the ban only addresses “the lowest of the low-hanging fruit”.
# Public Consultation
# Public Consultation
Over 2,100 responses were submitted in the weeks before Christmas, so the government has extended the deadline for submissions.
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