What’s next? Our predictions on the issues to dominate education in 2023Curriculum clashes and battles over resources will make for a busy year aheadTue Jan 03 2023 - 12:00
Concern over Catholic schools’ ability to keep ethos after ‘baptism barrier’ removal Transferring schools to multi-denominational patrons could limit access for Catholic children to faith-based schoolsTue Jan 03 2023 - 05:00
Integration of 13,000-plus Ukrainian children in Irish schools seen as a success storyTeacher Olha Hnativ says the children she works with in a Tipperary primary school feel happy and safe in Ireland, but they also suffer from an aching sense of lossMon Jan 02 2023 - 00:00
Primary schools to teach foreign languages as religion time cut under new proposalsNew curriculum will put focus on wellbeing under biggest changes in more than 20 years.Wed Dec 28 2022 - 03:00
Anxious, tech-savvy, diverse: A new primary curriculum aims to catch up with pupils of todayLess religion and a greater focus on wellbeing form part of a new curriculum for primary schoolsWed Dec 28 2022 - 03:00
All pupils may get school meals by 2030, says reportReview recommends Ireland should consider moving to European-style ‘universal school meals’ modelMon Dec 26 2022 - 19:00
‘It’s at breaking point’: Thousands of pupils risk losing school mealsThe rates paid to suppliers - 60 cents for breakfast, €1.40 for lunch and €1.90 for dinner - have not changed since the school meals programme was launched in 2003Wed Dec 21 2022 - 05:00
Blackrock College to appoint new principalAlan MacGinty, a past pupil of the school, has been principal since 2000Tue Dec 20 2022 - 16:47
Private schools in Ireland: What do they charge and how much have their fees risen? Irish Times survey finds most of the 50 private schools increased fees by between 5 and 15 per cent this yearMon Dec 19 2022 - 01:00
Private schools increase fees amid ‘exclusion’ from State fundingFee-charging sector seeks access to emergency funding for higher energy billsMon Dec 19 2022 - 01:00
Boarding schools to be inspected for first time amid concern over gaps in child protectionNew child protection measures planned prior to recent scandal over abuse in Spiritan-run schoolsFri Dec 16 2022 - 17:00
Feeder schools: Drop in disadvantaged students going to college following return to normal Leaving Cert examsSchool-leavers from fee-charging sector and affluent areas dominate high points university coursesWed Dec 14 2022 - 01:00
Schools closing for bad weather ‘cannot make up with remote learning’While some schools may close this week if local conditions are poor, they have been told days must be made up by cutting non-tuition activitiesSun Dec 11 2022 - 15:03
Death of child (4) from strep A confirmed as parents urged to keep children with signs of illness at homeWarning over ‘significant rise’ in viral infections as children’s hospitals say they are at ‘critical capacity’ due to ‘perfect storm’ of factorsWed Dec 07 2022 - 20:52
‘A crisis like no other’: Is there a way to overcome the shortage of teachers?Schools are crying out for urgent measures to plug problematic staffing gaps that undermine students’ educationWed Dec 07 2022 - 00:01
Schools warn free hot meals scheme under threat due to rising costs Allowance of €2.90 per student is unworkable for suppliers, says representative bodyTue Dec 06 2022 - 21:08
Career breaks for teachers may be suspended in response to staff shortagesSchools struggling to find substitute cover at primary and qualified teachers in key subjects at second levelTue Dec 06 2022 - 17:35
New degree courses for school leavers outside CAO points race in nursing, computer science and businessSimon Harris to announce more than a dozen jointly operated further and higher education courses from next SeptemberTue Dec 06 2022 - 00:01
‘Insufficient’ funds to provide free schoolbooks to all primary pupils, say publishers and booksellersNorma Foley insists costs to families for all primary schoolbooks will be eliminated from September 2023Mon Dec 05 2022 - 00:00
Plan to provide school leavers with more study options outside CAO points raceFurther and higher education may work together to create joint third-level programmes under new blueprintSun Dec 04 2022 - 17:12
St Brigid’s public holiday to shorten Irish school yearSecondary school students currently have one of shortest academic years in EuropeThu Dec 01 2022 - 05:00
Anti-bullying strategy for schools to place new focus on gender identityDatabase will report on the scale of bullying taking place in schools for the first timeThu Dec 01 2022 - 00:01
Teacher shortage: ‘Many of our staff resigned due to Dublin cost of living’ Internal correspondence to Department of Education shows vulnerable pupils left without teachersFri Nov 25 2022 - 05:00
Teacher supply crisis: Pupils ‘deprived of their passion’ as practical subject posts remain unfilledCoolmine Community School has been unable to find teachers for woodwork and metalworkFri Nov 25 2022 - 05:00
Religious symbols in State schools must reflect ‘entire community’ under new planNew blueprint follows confusion over whether schools run by Education and Training Boards are ‘de facto Catholic’Fri Nov 25 2022 - 05:00
Does the Junior Cycle really matter anymore?Analysis: The exams were due to be scrapped under reforms announced a decade ago, but a diluted version remainsWed Nov 23 2022 - 18:14
Computer glitch allowed 20 Junior Cycle students access to their results last weekState Examinations Commission to review online process to ensure similar incidents cannot happen in the futureWed Nov 23 2022 - 17:00
Junior Cycle students to receive results today six months after examsMore students earn top grades - of 90% or more - in subjects such as English, science and business studiesWed Nov 23 2022 - 06:00
College graduates gain employment in record numbers after Covid-19 reboundICT graduates earn most after leaving college with average salaries of almost €45,200Wed Nov 23 2022 - 00:00
Blackrock and Spiritan pupils look back: ‘I was never sexually abused at the school, but...’Many pupils of Blackrock, Rockwell, St Mary’s and other schools are scarred by recent revelationsSun Nov 20 2022 - 05:00
Principals warn classes may be ‘sent home’ unless supply of teachers improvesNorma Foley acknowledges ‘difficulties’ facing schools in sourcing teachersFri Nov 18 2022 - 15:14
‘Survivor-led’ inquiry being examined to investigate sexual abuse in schools - FoleyMinister for Education says work to scope out inquiry will take place in ‘shortest possible timeframe’Fri Nov 18 2022 - 12:45
‘He was a vicious paedophile, a horrible man’: Abused pupils share their experiencesMen abused at Spiritan schools share accounts of their schooldays with The Irish TimesFri Nov 18 2022 - 05:00
Teacher shortage: ‘Educationally, it’s completely unacceptable. Something is really wrong’Special education teachers being used to plug gaps in mainstream classes, warn principalsThu Nov 17 2022 - 16:02
Most LGBTQ+ teens have heard homophobic remarks from school staff - reportPoll of 1,200 LGBTQ+ students in Irish schools finds most feel unsafe despite anti-bullying policiesTue Nov 15 2022 - 10:00
Watchdog to investigate grade inflation after 50% rise in first-class degrees since 2015Record numbers of students secured firsts this year, leading to warnings from recruiters that it is difficult to differentiate between high achieversMon Nov 14 2022 - 20:50
Calls mount for inquiry into sexual abuse at Spiritan schools Taoiseach says he does not believe State should compensate victims and gardaí should investigate reported instances of abuseMon Nov 14 2022 - 05:00
Pedestrian (67) and motorcyclist (29) die following separate road traffic collisions in Tipperary and LouthFatal road traffic incidents occurred near Carrick-on-Suir, Co Tipperary and Omeath, Co LouthMon Nov 14 2022 - 00:22
Eight arrested after gardaí break up clashes before FAI Cup FinalOnline footage shows brawls and glass bottles being thrown between rival sets of fans in Dublin’s Irishtown areaSun Nov 13 2022 - 22:11
Tributes for Romanian woman (30) found dead in Co Meath apartmentMan aged in his 30s is arrested following death of Romanian national Ioana MihaelaSun Nov 13 2022 - 21:30
Thousands of turkeys to be culled in Co Monaghan in bid to contain avian flu outbreak‘Restriction zone’ of 3km to be put in place around farm after test results show evidence of H5N1 avian influenzaSun Nov 13 2022 - 19:40
Blackrock College abuse: ‘Code of omerta’ finally shattered by brothers’ braveryMany former pupils who came forward to tell their stories have asked not to be namedSat Nov 12 2022 - 05:02
Colleges struggle to cope with notable rise in students seeking counsellingOne-third have considered dropping out of their degree course for mental health and other reasonsTue Nov 08 2022 - 18:18
National rollout of ‘unlawful’ school assessments halted New system aimed to make school principals responsible for key aspects of education needs assessments for vulnerable childrenThu Oct 27 2022 - 21:42
Students ‘more likely to take responsibility’ for learning after Junior Cycle reformsReview highlights concerns over gap between Junior Cycle and Leaving Cert following recent changesThu Oct 27 2022 - 07:00
‘I have nowhere to live next week. I’m scared’: International students lift lid on rental crisisState’s reputation as destination for overseas students ‘at risk’ due to housing crisis, states reportWed Oct 26 2022 - 16:19
Teacher shortages: Most secondary schools unable to fill key posts — surveyTUI poll says in many cases teachers accepted a position only to later reject it for one elsewhereWed Oct 26 2022 - 00:00
Sharp drop in teachers marking State exams despite some earning up to €8,000Number of Junior Cycle examiners down 38 per cent on a decade agoTue Oct 25 2022 - 19:51
‘Standing room’ only at university drop-in counselling serviceMental health staff struggle with demand from students in distress on campuses, Oireachtas committee toldTue Oct 25 2022 - 17:58
‘The student experience is at risk’: Trinity’s first female provost on running Ireland’s top-ranked universityProf Linda Doyle, the first woman to take the reins of Ireland’s top-ranked university, on the challenges facing Irish higher educationTue Oct 25 2022 - 00:01
