# teachers - Wednesday 25 August, 2021
# Schools Return
The Education Minister says the department is 'following expert medical advice'. Pregnant women in Ireland are advised to wait until 14 weeks before receiving a Covid-19 vaccine. Foley says the advice also applies to pregnant women in other professions.
# teachers - Monday 23 August, 2021
# Vaccines
# Vaccines
The TUI said this situation is causing “severe stress and anxiety” for affected teachers.
# teachers - Friday 13 August, 2021
# Covid-19
# Covid-19
Pregnant people cannot register for a Covid-19 vaccine prior to 14 weeks’ gestation.
# teachers - Wednesday 30 June, 2021
# State Exams
# State Exams
Additional choice was incorporated in Junior and Leaving Cert exams this year and will again next year.
# teachers - Monday 12 April, 2021
# Covid-19
# Covid-19
A million students and staff are back in school today.
# teachers - Wednesday 7 April, 2021
# Covid19
# Covid19
The three unions tabled a joint motion on the issue.
# Teachers
# Teachers
The conferences of the country’s three teacher trade unions are continuing today.
# teachers - Tuesday 6 April, 2021
# Vaccine Rollout
The conferences of the country's three teacher trade unions started online today Unions are unhappy about the revised vaccination rollout based on age and not profession Education Minister Norma Foley has addressed delegates at the INTO Congress
# teachers - Friday 2 April, 2021
# Teachers
# Teachers
The decision to overhaul the vaccine plan has sparked anger from teachers who expected to be vaccinated sooner.
# teachers - Wednesday 31 March, 2021
# Not Happy
# Not Happy
TDs have been hearing from teachers and other frontline workers unhappy with the changes.
# 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.
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