# Teachers

This week

29th January 2023 - 3rd February 2023

# Schools

Teachers who qualified abroad able to register in Ireland amid staffing shortages

The Teaching Council is trying to increase the supply of registered teachers.

25.8k

Mon 4:53 PM

Last month

January 2023

# Education

Teachers in England and Wales vote for strikes in pay dispute

The National Education Union has declared seven days of walkouts in February and March.

7.0k

Jan 16th 2023, 7:56 PM

Last year

2022

# teacher supply

Plans to scrap teacher career breaks criticised as it emerges Education Minister is on same break

The lack of availability of teachers was brought up in the Dáil this afternoon.

41.6k

Dec 7th 2022, 2:33 PM

# Your Say

Poll: Should career breaks for teachers be suspended in response to staff shortages?

It is under consideration by the Government at the moment.

36.7k

Dec 7th 2022, 7:48 AM

Voices

Gary Gannon: Government must act immediately to address teacher shortages

The Social Democrats TD says the teacher shortage is at crisis point – he will table proposed solutions tomorrow.

17.2k

Dec 6th 2022, 7:00 PM

# teacher shortages

Career breaks for teachers may be suspended in response to staff shortages

Schools have come under pressure due to unfilled job vacancies and teacher shortages.

28.7k

Dec 6th 2022, 6:51 PM

# teaching strike

Teachers’ Union of Ireland to hold industrial action ballot in September if pay not improved

Possible industrial action would be co-ordinated with other public sector unions should such a deal not be forthcoming.

13.7k

Aug 11th 2022, 6:00 PM

# Assault

'Some teachers get assaulted more than once a week': Review demanded over attacks at schools

Unions have demanded that better supports are available to teachers who have been assaulted by students.

24.4k

Apr 23rd 2022, 7:00 AM

# TEACHERS UNION

INTO says 'scourge of supersized classes' should end, as teachers' unions to ask for pay increases

The two main teachers’ unions will be holding in-person conferences for the first time in two years today.

26.0k

Updated

Apr 19th 2022, 12:00 PM

# UK Government

UK teachers call for ban on conversion therapy for trans pupils

UK teachers at a conference raised concerns over the government’s “repeated U-turns” on banning conversion therapy.

11.9k

Apr 14th 2022, 11:42 AM

# Schools

Schools under 'incredible pressure' due to staff shortages amid current Covid-19 wave

Staff absence in schools is reportedly “very high” due to the current wave of the virus.

Staff absence in schools is reportedly "very high" due to the current wave of the virus.

The Department of Education said its helpline remains open to support schools.

It said measures taken to support the supply of substitute teachers also remain in place.

51.7k

Mar 25th 2022, 12:05 AM

# school's back

Thousands of principals fear impact of teacher shortages as schools reopen today

Student teachers are being drafted in to cover Covid absences.

17.8k

Jan 6th 2022, 6:00 AM

# re-opening

'Enormous unease' about schools reopening amid concerns about teacher substitutes, unions say

Education Minister Norma Foley said that the next few weeks would be challenging.

60.0k

102

Updated

Jan 5th 2022, 10:30 AM

All time

Voices

Opinion: We owe teachers our thanks for the last two years whether we give them gifts or not

Whether parents buy something – or not – for their children’s teachers, Margaret Lynch says it’s important to thank them.

56.0k

104

Dec 11th 2021, 7:00 AM

# substitute teachers

Emergency measures to tackle teacher shortages 'perpetuating unequal pay', say teaching unions

Emergency measures include an increased involvement of student teachers and retired teachers.

22.0k

Nov 29th 2021, 10:57 PM

# Leaders' Questions

'If you want to call me a liar, call me a liar': Dáil row breaks out between Kelly and Martin

Micheal Martin has denied that he said teachers would be exempt from Covid-19 isolation rules.

66.3k

118

Nov 17th 2021, 2:40 PM

# Education

The Explainer x Noteworthy: Why are the school days of Traveller children being reduced?

Noteworthy’s Maria Delaney and social care worker Anne Marie Quilligan tell Susan Daly about the conditions faced by Traveller children in the country’s education system.

8.0k

Updated

Nov 11th 2021, 5:15 PM

# Schools

Teachers not at increased risk of admission to hospital with Covid, study finds

When schools are open, the risk among teachers and other working-age adults is similar, research has shown.

16.2k

Sep 2nd 2021, 7:17 AM

# Schools Return

Foley: Unvaccinated pregnant teachers can return to classrooms or take 'pregnancy related leave'

Pregnant women in Ireland are advised to wait until they are 14 weeks along before receiving a Covid-19 vaccine.

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.

50.4k

160

Updated

Aug 25th 2021, 4:54 PM

# Vaccines

Union reissues call for unvaccinated pregnant teachers to be allowed work from home

The TUI said this situation is causing “severe stress and anxiety” for affected teachers.

20.6k

Aug 23rd 2021, 3:13 PM

# Covid-19

'I can't sleep at night': Pregnant teachers fear going back to school before they're vaccinated

Pregnant people cannot register for a Covid-19 vaccine prior to 14 weeks’ gestation.

34.3k

Aug 13th 2021, 6:30 AM

# State Exams

Leaving Cert 2022: Students will again have more exam choice due to Covid disruption

Additional choice was incorporated in Junior and Leaving Cert exams this year and will again next year.

25.6k

Updated

Jun 30th 2021, 9:40 PM

# Covid-19

Teachers' union calls for schools to be kept under 'forensic review' as all students return

A million students and staff are back in school today.

14.7k

Apr 12th 2021, 7:21 AM

# covid19

Vaccine priority: All three teacher unions agree to ballot for industrial action if government doesn't meet demands

The three unions tabled a joint motion on the issue.

99.8k

322

Apr 7th 2021, 11:02 AM

# Teachers

Teacher unions to table joint motion over vaccine priority schedule

The conferences of the country’s three teacher trade unions are continuing today.

29.7k

138

Updated

Apr 7th 2021, 8:55 AM

# vaccine rollout

'It's not a value judgement on any profession' - Education Minister defends change to vaccine prioritisation

The conferences of the country’s three teacher trade unions are taking place today.

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

77.4k

189

Updated

Apr 6th 2021, 3:00 PM

# Teachers

ASTI says vaccine meeting with public health experts and minister was 'unsatisfactory'

The decision to overhaul the vaccine plan has sparked anger from teachers who expected to be vaccinated sooner.

34.3k

122

Apr 2nd 2021, 2:14 PM

# Not happy

Martin and Varadkar forced to defend vaccine plan changes amid criticism from their own TDs

TDs have been hearing from teachers and other frontline workers unhappy with the changes.

30.2k

Mar 31st 2021, 11:50 PM

# Leaving Cert

ASTI has 'constructive engagement' with Department over Leaving Cert impasse

The teachers union had agreed to attend fresh talks with Education Minister Norma Foley this afternoon.

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

47.0k

161

Updated

Feb 12th 2021, 4:40 PM

# spread

Teachers to seek 'assurances' on safety of schools before any return to classrooms

A teachers’ union wants safety measures in schools to be reviewed in the context of the new, more transmissible strains.

53.7k

220

Jan 24th 2021, 3:58 PM

Voices

School principal: 'Pitting school staff against parents in a game of political football has not helped'

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.

29.0k

119

Jan 20th 2021, 8:14 AM

# Teachers

Minister to meet special needs groups as families left ‘devastated’ over schools u-turn

CEO of Down Syndrome Ireland said the u-turn on schools has left families and children with special educational needs reeling.

15.5k

Jan 8th 2021, 4:06 PM

# teachers' unions

Unions and Education Minister agree the 'established' Leaving Cert must take place in June

Meanwhile, the decision not to allow in-school learning for children with special needs has been called “devastating”.

44.4k

116

Updated

Jan 8th 2021, 2:45 PM

# Education

ASTI and TUI directed teachers not to co-operate with government plans before Leaving Cert u-turn

Leaving Certs were set to return to school for three days per week.

66.5k

221

Updated

Jan 7th 2021, 8:00 PM

# public servants' pay

Teachers Union of Ireland will be 'strongly' advising its members to reject new public pay deal

Public Expenditure Minister Michael McGrath published the details of the public pay deal today.

30.1k

Dec 15th 2020, 10:25 PM

# winter months

Teaching union said it never proposed breaking early for Christmas

Teaching unions spoke before an Oireachtas Committee today.

39.3k

Updated

Nov 19th 2020, 4:35 PM

# Wellbeing

Teachers' union asks government to start school Christmas break a few days earlier

Schools are due to close on Tuesday 22 December; the TUI is suggesting that they instead close on Friday 18 December.

56.5k

113

Nov 18th 2020, 6:10 AM

# Covid-19

ASTI members insist strike action would be 'last resort' but that government needs to listen to them

ASTI members have voted to take industrial action over ‘key coronavirus issues’ in Irish schools.

19.8k

Oct 30th 2020, 6:45 AM

# Your Say

Poll: Would you support teachers striking over Covid-19 safety concerns?

ASTI members have voted to take industrial action unless government addresses Covid-19 safety concerns.

73.5k

207

Oct 29th 2020, 7:59 AM

# TUI

92% of post-primary teachers say wearing masks makes work more difficult - TUI survey

The survey, carried out amid a recent surge in Covid-19 cases, highlights concern among the profession.

19.9k

Oct 22nd 2020, 6:00 AM