# Teachers

All time

# more teachers

Minister announces 430 new resource teachers to help children with special education needs

The allocation means there will now be nearly 7,500 special needs teachers in the system.

12.4k

Oct 31st 2016, 12:37 PM

# Strikes

'We don't need gardaí to go on strike for us to realise how special they are'

Paschal Donohoe said today that his department has put in place a “substantial arrangement and package” for gardaí.

17.1k

Oct 30th 2016, 2:57 PM

# Lansdowne Road

46% of Irish people support teachers as strikes set to go ahead

Teachers have planned to strike on seven days between 27 October and 7 December.

21.2k

142

Oct 26th 2016, 11:15 AM

# Poll

Eight out of ten people think lower paid gardaí, teachers and nurses should have their pay increased

It comes as up to 500 schools are set to close on Thursday unless progress is made on the issue of pay scales for teachers who qualified after 2011.

18.1k

Oct 24th 2016, 11:35 PM

# Quiz

What Is Your Irish Teacher Name?

CIÚNAS!

14.0k

Oct 14th 2016, 1:45 PM

# out of college

We'll know today if teachers are going to strike for their younger colleagues

The results of two ASTI ballots will be revealed.

9.3k

Oct 13th 2016, 7:43 AM

# In the classroom

Union wants to address gender imbalance among Irish teachers

New figures show that Ireland has one of the widest gender gaps among teachers at primary and post-primary level in Europe

17.5k

Oct 10th 2016, 4:26 PM

Voices

'We don't want a pay increase; we are demanding pay restoration for our vulnerable colleagues'

ASTI representative Ciara Kinsella explains why secondary school teachers are considering going on strike.

299

Sep 17th 2016, 7:15 PM

# Pay Equality

Newly-qualified teachers will now start on €31,800 a year

That is equal to those who had been doing the job before 2012.

88.9k

143

Sep 16th 2016, 2:03 PM

# Stereotypes

Sex education often 'out of touch and taught by embarrassed teachers'

Research has found stereotyping is common, with women often depicted as passive and men as predatory.

11.7k

Sep 13th 2016, 8:41 AM

# Teachers

'We're prepared to strike': Union to ballot secondary school teachers for industrial action

Teachers will be asked about industrial action and will also vote on whether they want to withdraw from supervision duties.

14.4k

Sep 3rd 2016, 5:41 PM

# Back To School

12 essential facts of life for teachers in Ireland

Dreading the day your students find you on Facebook.

7.0k

Aug 31st 2016, 1:18 PM

# Teachers

Talks on restoring pay allowances for teachers to conclude next month

The Teachers Union of Ireland (TUI) had threatened industrial action over pay allowances

15.2k

Aug 24th 2016, 1:37 PM

# Teachers

"Hire unemployed teachers ahead of retired ones" says minister

Bruton said that while the recruitment and appointment of teachers is a matter for the individual school.

18.8k

Aug 14th 2016, 7:15 AM

# factcheck

FactCheck: Was Richard Bruton right to say that newer TDs get paid less?

Do lower public service salaries extend to the Dáil chamber? FactCheck finds out.

20.3k

Aug 7th 2016, 7:00 AM

# yo teach

15 essential facts of life for teachers in Ireland

It’s not all a doss, you know.

15.3k

Jun 12th 2016, 8:15 PM

# agreement

TUI votes to accept government proposals over pay and work hours

The TUI will effectively be signing up to the terms of The Landsdowne Road Agreement.

18.8k

May 30th 2016, 9:58 PM

# Industrial Action

Will there be a summer of strikes? There's trouble brewing on several fronts

2016 has not been a good year for industrial relations.

15.5k

May 29th 2016, 8:00 AM

# Croke Park

Warnings of 'major disruption' to schools as teachers vote to stop working 33 extra hours

The hours were agreed under the Croke Park agreement.

38.6k

166

May 20th 2016, 9:10 AM

# I Will Survive!

Primary school teachers will identify with substitute's gas account of her day

Not another dance party.

7.2k

May 18th 2016, 8:50 AM

# Schools

566 new resource teachers are on their way for children with special needs

Resource teachers are in addition to the mainstream class teacher.

19.0k

Apr 28th 2016, 10:30 PM

# Your Say

Poll: Should new gardaí, nurses, and teachers be better paid?

A key industrial relations figure has said that if the gardaí and others cannot attract new recruits then their pay-scales need to be revisited.

37.8k

208

Apr 5th 2016, 9:31 AM

Voices

Only way to pay young public servants equally is to end generous pension regime

When addressing public sector pay, the big elephant in the room isn’t just the upfront costs of recruiting new entrants, Aaron McKenna argues.

569

116

Apr 3rd 2016, 8:00 AM

# pastoral care

Vast majority of principals say austerity has undermined mental health support for students

The results of a survey show how a moratorium on hiring has affected schools.

9.9k

Mar 24th 2016, 9:00 AM

# Cute

This sign in Irish Oscar winner Ben Cleary's playschool shows teachers never forget

D’aw <3

5.5k

Feb 29th 2016, 12:46 AM

# Ciúnas

15 annoying things all Irish teachers have said

“No running in the corridor!”

16.2k

Feb 28th 2016, 9:30 AM

Voices

'As a gay teacher I felt I had to switch my partner from a 'he' to a 'she', I felt ashamed'

The posters on the wall said “It’s ok to be different” but LGBT teachers working in denominational schools felt the opposite, writes Niall Callan.

1.7k

151

Dec 6th 2015, 1:06 PM

# Section 37

Dáil passes Bill to make it illegal to discriminate against LGBT teachers

The move was welcomed by LGBT groups.

21.1k

288

Dec 2nd 2015, 10:09 PM

# Poll

Poll: Do teachers make enough money?

What do you think?

38.7k

135

Nov 25th 2015, 10:02 AM

Voices

'I'm a teacher and while the school system isn't deliberately out to destroy people, it is broken'

Our time in a traditional school teaches us one basic fundamental: how to conform, writes a secondary school teacher.

3.1k

Nov 23rd 2015, 8:50 AM

Voices

Schools getting zero direction on how to teach kids through technology

Over the past 20 years, teachers have struggled to successfully incorporate computers and tablets into the classroom in Ireland, writes Fergal McCarthy.

262

Nov 12th 2015, 8:00 AM

Good Morning

The 9 at 9 Here’s everything you need to know this Friday morning.

10.7k

Oct 23rd 2015, 8:51 AM

# yo teach

15 times teachers were the real messers

Legends. All of them.

11.8k

Oct 5th 2015, 10:47 AM

# standards

Something strange happens to the quality of teachers during recessions

It also reveals how to attract better teachers into classrooms.

24.3k

Aug 10th 2015, 6:05 AM

# Teachers

Online backlash forces private school to withdraw JobBridge ads

The headmaster said he was not attempting to fill vacancies and was not as familiar with the debates around the scheme as he should have been.

20.4k

Aug 5th 2015, 10:36 AM

Voices

We're getting children excited about outer space at an earlier age

My inner space nerd was delighted to be accepted onto the European Space Agency’s workshop for primary school teachers.

992

Jul 19th 2015, 12:00 PM

# Courts

Teacher says her career was "destroyed" after phone in her bra set off prison detectors

She is suing the Irish Prison Service and Minister for Justice, among others.

74.7k

Jun 17th 2015, 10:18 PM

# Equality

It's still legal to discriminate against gay teachers, but that could change next week

A Bill is being put to the Dáil on foot of the referendum result.

9.1k

Jun 12th 2015, 8:31 AM

# No thanks

Teachers' union set to reject new €2,000-increase pay agreement

The Teachers’ Union of Ireland feel that the issue of ‘flex’ hour contracts has not been dealt with sufficiently.

19.1k

110

Jun 3rd 2015, 2:05 PM

# working through tragedy

How do you talk to a child about death?

A new online resource has been launched to help primary school teachers deal with bereavement.

7.9k

May 22nd 2015, 10:58 AM