# teachers - Friday 12 February, 2021
# Leaving Cert
ASTI to attend fresh talks with Education Minister this afternoon Harris says there is more time this year to find solution 'Significant increase' in on-site attendance possible at third-level from September
# teachers - Sunday 24 January, 2021
# Spread
# Spread
A teachers’ union wants safety measures in schools to be reviewed in the context of the new, more transmissible strains.
# teachers - Wednesday 20 January, 2021
# Opinion
# Opinion
Wicklow principal Pádraig Murphy says some vulnerable children will need years of added support after this but it’s important to only open schools when safe to do so.
# teachers - Friday 8 January, 2021
# Teachers
# Teachers
CEO of Down Syndrome Ireland said the u-turn on schools has left families and children with special educational needs reeling.
# Teachers' Unions
# Teachers' Unions
Meanwhile, the decision not to allow in-school learning for children with special needs has been called “devastating”.
# teachers - Thursday 7 January, 2021
# Education
# Education
Leaving Certs were set to return to school for three days per week.
# teachers - Tuesday 15 December, 2020
# Public Servants' Pay
# Public Servants' Pay
Public Expenditure Minister Michael McGrath published the details of the public pay deal today.
# teachers - Thursday 19 November, 2020
# Winter Months
# Winter Months
Teaching unions spoke before an Oireachtas Committee today.
# teachers - Wednesday 18 November, 2020
# Wellbeing
# Wellbeing
Schools are due to close on Tuesday 22 December; the TUI is suggesting that they instead close on Friday 18 December.
# teachers - Friday 30 October, 2020
# Covid-19
# Covid-19
ASTI members have voted to take industrial action over ‘key coronavirus issues’ in Irish schools.
# teachers - Thursday 29 October, 2020
# Your Say
# Your Say
ASTI members have voted to take industrial action unless government addresses Covid-19 safety concerns.
# teachers - Thursday 22 October, 2020
# TUI
# TUI
The survey, carried out amid a recent surge in Covid-19 cases, highlights concern among the profession.
# teachers - Monday 5 October, 2020
# Teachers
# Teachers
Under Level 5 restrictions, schools would remain open but most other businesses would be closed
# teachers - Monday 21 September, 2020
# Secondary SChools
# Secondary SChools
The union is balloting members for industrial action.
# teachers - Saturday 19 September, 2020
# ASTI
# ASTI
It said ASTI members had “serious concerns” about the health and safety of school communities.
# teachers - Friday 18 September, 2020
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
The government has emphasised the importance of keeping schools open in its new plan for living with Covid-19.
# teachers - Sunday 30 August, 2020
# Schools
# Schools
Many teachers complain they’ve received little guidance or assurances about how pregnant staff will be looked after.
# teachers - Sunday 23 August, 2020
# Schools
# Schools
That’s according to a new study published by DCU researchers.
# teachers - Thursday 30 July, 2020
# Health And Wellbeing
# Health And Wellbeing
The guidance says that health and wellbeing should be prioritized for school staff.
# Opinion
# Opinion
One teacher is hoping for the best but says she cannot understand why the government took so long to release the ‘return to school’ plans.
# teachers - Monday 27 July, 2020
# Education
# Education
This is one of many measures included in the government’s roadmap to re-opening schools at the end of August.
# teachers - Tuesday 7 July, 2020
# Opinion
# Opinion
One reader is frustrated at what she believes is the unfair portrayal of teachers throughout the lockdown period and ahead of term start in September.
# teachers - Monday 1 June, 2020
# Education
# Education
As schools end an academic year in the Covid-19 pandemic, a group of secondary teachers in Tallaght had to pay tribute to their students.
# teachers - Friday 22 May, 2020
# Indemnity
# Indemnity
Education Minister Joe McHugh has welcomed the development.
# teachers - Sunday 10 May, 2020
# Your Say
# Your Say
The main teachers’ union the ASTI called for that measure today.
# teachers - Saturday 9 May, 2020
# Closed Door Policy
# Closed Door Policy
TUI general secretary John McGabhann said this could take the form of a “public record” of any lobbying that took place.
# teachers - Wednesday 8 April, 2020
# Homeschooling
# Homeschooling
One secondary school teacher describes the swift and extraordinary changes that she and her students are adjusting to.
# teachers - Sunday 16 February, 2020
# The Irish For
# The Irish For
Darach Ó Séaghdha asks why we elect so many múinteoirí to the Oireachtas.
# teachers - Tuesday 4 February, 2020
Over 90% of the Teachers Union of Ireland’s 19,000 members voted in favour of taking industrial action today.
# teachers - Saturday 18 January, 2020
# Your Say
# Your Say
Members of the Teachers ’ Union of Ireland will strike on Tuesday 4 February.
# teachers - Wednesday 11 December, 2019
# New Sex Ed Plan
# New Sex Ed Plan
The minister said the ethos of the school is central to any curriculum and will be protected.
# teachers - Sunday 10 November, 2019
# Smartphones
# Smartphones
Parents and teachers need to be better equipped to talk to young people about sex and relationships, Noeline Blackwell has said.
# teachers - Thursday 10 October, 2019
# Múinteoirí
# Múinteoirí
Minister Joe McHugh announced the measure in his department’s Budget 2020 briefing.
# teachers - Monday 16 September, 2019
# Exclusive
# Exclusive
Staff at the school have raised a number of issues about pay and conditions.
# teachers - Saturday 17 August, 2019
# Delays
# Delays
Concerns have been raised about the length of time it takes to process teachers’ appointments.
# teachers - Wednesday 12 June, 2019
# Joe McHugh
# Joe McHugh
More than 2,000 Irish people are employed in the education sector in the UAE.
# teachers - Friday 7 June, 2019
# Recruitment
# Recruitment
Turasabhaile.com will focus on connecting schools with teachers who are working overseas.
# teachers - Thursday 2 May, 2019
# School Schootings
# School Schootings
The aim of the measure is to prevent school shootings but opponents say it’s a dangerous move.
# teachers - Wednesday 24 April, 2019
# Múinteoirí
# Múinteoirí
The expense runs into thousands for students who spend two months in the Gaeltacht.
# teachers - Monday 22 April, 2019
# Staff Shortages
# Staff Shortages
Schools in North and South Dublin, Cork, Galway, Kildare and Meath are being targeted in the new initiative.
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