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Friday 2 June 2023 Dublin: 14°C

# Teachers Strike

All time
# Teachers
Around 500 secondary schools closed today as teachers strike
The strike centres on pay for newly-qualified teachers.
# back in the day
When students struck back: During the 2001 teachers' strike, students took to the streets
Frustration boiled over as the dispute went on and on.
# Solidarity
The Teachers' Union of Ireland won't be doing the work of its striking colleagues
The TUI has said it will support its members if they don’t wish to pass the picket but warned that they won’t be paid.
# Say what?
Joan Burton compares Mary Lou to a saint ... but not in a good way
The pair have a history of clashing in the Dáil.
# study buddy
Cork pub takes advantage of teachers' strike, invites students to 'study'
The Bishopstown Bar is at it again.
# Back To School
Cork students quizzed on the street during teachers strike, fail miserably
Do you know Pi?
# no light ahead
No resolution in sight for striking teachers
The action today has seen 27,000 of the country’s teachers taking industrial action.
Opinion: 'I want to support my students, I don't want to judge them'
Times are changing, as is teaching, but we can’t lose sight of what’s important; instilling a love of learning in our students.
# State of the Nation
'Somebody dying on the street outside the Dáil is not acceptable'
Here’s everything you need to know about what’s happening in Irish politics right now…
# Your Say
Poll: Do you support the teachers strike?
Students have a day off as teachers take action over proposed Junior Cert reforms.
# Education
Teachers are striking today - Here's why
The Junior Cert does matter, apparently.
# Deadlock
Teachers are almost certainly going on strike tomorrow
Neither the minister nor the unions will budge.
# Purple Monkey Dishwasher
Teachers aren't backing down - they're going to strike on Tuesday
The ASTI says they need more movement from Education Minister Jan O’Sullivan.
# Not happy
Teachers have voted for strike action against changes to the Junior Cert
The industrial action will consist of non-co-operation with aspects of the Junior Cycle Student Award.
# Teachers Strike
ASTI industrial action to begin on 2 October
The union says that it will withdraw from school meetings, in-service training and parent-teacher meetings.
# Teachers Strike
ASTI chief: Teachers have had enough
Pat King said that the “fabric of schools” is being taken away.