Five new special schools to be established next year amid rise in pupils with additional needsTwo of schools will be based in Dublin, while the remainder in Cork, Monaghan and TipperaryFri Oct 18 2024 - 16:18
New college places for medicine, dentistry and other high-points coursesGalway and Limerick universities to offer medicine courses next year to ease CAO points pressureFri Oct 18 2024 - 13:49
National University of Ireland elects former UCC president as chancellorProf Michael Murphy succeeds Dr Maurice Manning as NUI’s sixth chancellor since 1908Thu Oct 17 2024 - 17:32
Trinity gives green light for students to leave lectures to attend national protestThousands of students set to walk out of classes to attend national protest over tuition fees and rising costsThu Oct 17 2024 - 08:00
Government to provide €24m for initiative aimed at tackling educational disadvantage in NorthFunds will be provided under Shared Island initiative with NI department of education to be responsible for delivery of programmeWed Oct 16 2024 - 18:32
Parents advised to apply to ‘multiple’ secondary schools due to pressure on placesAs post-primary enrolments climb to highest level on record, Department of Education says there are sufficient school places in most areasWed Oct 16 2024 - 06:00
Female school principals face much higher rates of bullying and violence, study findsStudy based on data collected from more than 600 school leaders in Irish second level schoolsWed Oct 16 2024 - 00:01
Visually impaired pupils ‘excluded’ from PE classes and school tripsOireachtas committee told students need much greater levels of support to access curriculumTue Oct 15 2024 - 16:57
Pupils will not watch sexually explicit material ‘under any circumstance’ in SPHE classes, Foley saysTeacher claimed in viral video new resources include graphic videos on masturbation and sex actsThu Oct 10 2024 - 17:19
Free schoolbooks extended to Leaving Cert and free meals for all primary pupils from next yearBudget 2025: Last year’s ‘one-off’ €1,000 cut to third level fees extended into the new academic yearTue Oct 01 2024 - 16:49
We asked a renter, a landlord, a pensioner, a carer and a wheelchair user what they want from Budget 2025‘It was alright before my husband died. But on my own, coming into the winter, I am worried’Mon Sept 30 2024 - 06:00
One in five Leaving Cert results upgraded after rechecksThirty-one students who did not appeal results get upgrades following quality assurance checksFri Sept 27 2024 - 14:33
Abolishing college fees not a priority if returned to Government, say Fine Gael and Fianna FáilSinn Féin and Labour express support for scrapping €3,000 student registration charge, but two main Government parties say boosting student grants is more equitableWed Sept 25 2024 - 21:45
Higher Options opens to 30,000 school studentsEuropean and UK universities seeking to attract Irish college applicants amid rising rental costs at homeWed Sept 25 2024 - 18:27
Single-school enrolment system planned for children with special needsNew approach aims to end practice of parents having to apply to dozens of schools to find appropriate placesMon Sept 23 2024 - 06:00
Universities required to phase out car parking in some areas under climate targetsMany students say they are forced to commute long distances due to accommodation shortagesMon Sept 23 2024 - 06:00
Do students really need homework? A new study has come up with the answer Researchers at Maynooth University find short-tasks, lasting up to 15 minutes, are just as effective as longer assignmentsSun Sept 22 2024 - 06:00
Victim of Tuskar Rock air crash awarded posthumous degree by UCCMichael Cowhig had submitted thesis to UCC shortly before tragedy in which 61 diedFri Sept 20 2024 - 13:43
Anger as ‘paltry’ €2,000 incentive scheme for new teachers will be taxableTeachers’ union says new measure will have negligible impact on teacher supplyFri Sept 20 2024 - 13:13
All schoolchildren to be invited to take part in ‘folklore project for the 21st century’ Initiative follows ‘groundbreaking’ project of 1930s which captured thousands of pupils’ voicesThu Sept 19 2024 - 17:55
Students perform best with regular homework tasks of up to 15 minutes, research showsMaynooth University study finds ‘little and often’ approach is just as effective as longer assignmentsThu Sept 19 2024 - 00:01
Children’s exposure to harmful online content a ‘public health crisis’, says MinisterStronger laws may be needed to safeguard young people, according to Stephen DonnellyWed Sept 18 2024 - 16:35
Two new veterinary colleges to almost double number of such graduates each yearNew places at South East Technological University and Atlantic Technological University may ease CAO pressureWed Sept 18 2024 - 12:28
‘It’s a powerful responsibility’: Meet the 22-year-olds representing Ireland at the UNNatasha Maimba, a former asylum seeker and direct provision resident from Athlone, and Lauren Jones Brennan, who grew up in a single-parent household in west Dublin, have been selected to be UN youth delegates for IrelandTue Sept 17 2024 - 18:22
Churches are half-empty. So why does the Catholic Church still control so many of our primary schools? Catholic Church’s influence on Irish life is waning, yet only Israel spends more time on religious education at primary levelSat Sept 14 2024 - 07:11
Tenant ordered to pay rent arrears of almost €19,000 over three yearsResidential Tenancies Board orders repayment of €500 a month to landlord over 37 instalmentsFri Sept 13 2024 - 15:10
Irish universities risk ‘quiet and gradual decline’ due to funding shortages, Trinity provost warnsProf Linda Doyle warns of ‘a slow retreat from competitiveness and attractiveness’ as world-class education threatened by high student-staff ratiosFri Sept 13 2024 - 05:30
Road safety classes to begin for transition year students amid crash-deaths concernTwelve road fatalities recorded among under-16s last year as well as 48 in 16-to-26 age groupThu Sept 12 2024 - 19:00
Most Leaving Cert students availing of grinds but little evidence of gain for higher achieving studentsSome 55 per cent of final year students availing of private tuition to boost chances of accessing universityThu Sept 12 2024 - 11:28
Leaving Cert students to get up to 50% of marks by creating video in new subjectDrama and film studies to be introduced to schools on ‘phased basis’ from 2025 onwardsWed Sept 11 2024 - 18:26
Synge Street CBS is to admit girls for first time in 160 years and become an all-Irish GaelcholáisteDublin school’s past pupils include taoisigh, presidents and high profile figures from media and sporting worldsWed Sept 11 2024 - 13:35
Children with special needs lose out as schools redeploy resource teachers to mainstream classes, inspectors findReport finds learning targets set for many children with additional needs are ‘not appropriately challenging’Tue Sept 10 2024 - 17:16
Teachers’ salaries have declined in real terms in recent years, OECD report findsIreland spends less on education per student compared to average across developed countriesTue Sept 10 2024 - 10:29
Dentists seek cap on course places for overseas students to ease CAO points for Irish school leaversUp to half of places on dental sciences courses are set aside for international trainees who pay €45,000 per yearTue Sept 10 2024 - 06:00
Teachers to be asked to upskill outside teaching hours to reduce disruptionReform proposals form part of ‘exploratory’ reforms linked to public sector pay dealMon Sept 09 2024 - 06:00
Parents to be surveyed on school ethos, gender mix and education through Irish or EnglishSome 88 per cent of primary schools are Catholic while just over 5 per cent are multidenominationalMon Sept 09 2024 - 06:00
‘Crude and unfair’ CAO system must change, say school principals A narrow approach to measuring students’ aptitudes may contribute to high dropout ratesMon Sept 09 2024 - 06:00
Simon Harris, Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk are all college drop outs. Is it really such a bad thing rates are rising in Ireland?About 15% of students starting out on their degree course this month will fail to progress to second year, Dropping out, however, doesn’t necessarily mean screwing up: many go on to find their true callingSat Sept 07 2024 - 06:00
Some 126 children with special needs still waiting on a school placeOmbudsman for Children highlights ‘unacceptable’ situation faced by young people and their familiesWed Sept 04 2024 - 12:07
Teachers should not be forced to deliver ‘sensitive’ sex education classes - unionNew curriculum - including sexual consent and attitudes to pornography - to be mandatory at senior cycleTue Sept 03 2024 - 15:45
‘It’s an absolute nightmare’: Hundreds of schoolchildren with tickets told no buses availableDelays awarding contracts and driver shortages have delayed resumption of services in some areas, Bus Éireann saysMon Sept 02 2024 - 06:30
Finding accommodation and commuting, that’s challenging,' says university chief of rising student dropout ratesUniversity of Galway president says top students may end up going overseasMon Sept 02 2024 - 06:00
‘I just feel hard done by’: Another Leaving Cert student on top points loses out on college course due to lotteryNorth Dublin student asks Minister to expand places for students affected by random selectionSun Sept 01 2024 - 13:00
‘She couldn’t have done better’: Leaving Cert student with maximum points misses out on college course due to lotteryFather says his daughter is inconsolable after not being accepted for UCD courseThu Aug 29 2024 - 14:17
CAO 2024: University chiefs criticise ‘cruel’ grade inflation as some top students lose out on chosen courses Just over half of this year’s college applicants secure their first choice in CAO offersWed Aug 28 2024 - 19:46
CAO 2024: 56% get first choice but grade inflation ‘seriously disadvantaged’ some students Trinity vice-provost says random selection a cruel arbiter as 23 courses nationwide allocated places that wayWed Aug 28 2024 - 17:56
Schools issued with details on policing mobile phone banDetailed letter from Minister for Education to school managers outlines how they can implement more ‘stringent’ policiesWed Aug 28 2024 - 10:15
CAO 2024: Universities set to use random selection for some high points coursesDentistry, health, veterinary medicine, business and management courses among those most in demandWed Aug 28 2024 - 08:03
‘It’s an absolute disaster’: Secondary school forced to drop subjects due to teacher shortagesStudents forced to study alternative courses due to lack of staff in key areasWed Aug 28 2024 - 06:00
Record numbers of students did not sit Irish Leaving Cert exam this yearStudying the language is mandatory at second level, but there is no obligation to sit the examSun Aug 25 2024 - 16:56
