Primary pupils to learn foreign languages from third class under draft curriculumReduction in religious faith formation teaching under new proposalsMon Oct 18 2021 - 23:00
Man arrested in Kildare following €100,000 cannabis herb seizureDrugs found during search of stolen van in Allenwood earlier this monthMon Oct 18 2021 - 22:20
Universities call for Leaving Cert results to be given in JuneIssuing results in August ‘no longer fit for purpose’ and limits students’ optionsMon Oct 18 2021 - 20:27
CO2 monitors insufficient to combat Covid, says principal of school forced to shut‘We’re just sorry we didn’t do it sooner,’ says Vicky Barron on decision to close schoolMon Oct 18 2021 - 14:17
Ethnic minorities in higher education more likely to be on lower payHEA survey finds high percentage of black and Asian staff earn less than €60kMon Oct 18 2021 - 00:01
Covid-19: Primary school closes until November after outbreak of 30 cases‘Serious flaws’ with revised close contact rules, CBS primary school saysSun Oct 17 2021 - 22:47
Brendan Kennelly, one of country’s most popular poets, dies aged 85Kennelly’s poetry holds a ‘special place in affections of Irish people’, President saysSun Oct 17 2021 - 20:51
Single portal for CAO and further education options to open from next monthService will help students look beyond ‘obsession’ with Leaving Cert points raceWed Oct 13 2021 - 19:03
Record funding aims to ease pressure on a creaking systemBudget 2022: Opposition will be keen to highlight the fact that much of the system remains overcrowded and underfundedTue Oct 12 2021 - 18:52
Budget 2022: Pupil-teacher ratio to fall to lowest level on recordStudent grants to increase by €200 next year in first major change to scheme in a decadeTue Oct 12 2021 - 16:30
Just 410 Leaving Cert students get upgrades following rechecksLow number reflects limited nature of appeals process for teacher-assessed gradesFri Oct 08 2021 - 00:06
Up to 750 students did not get college offers due to errors in CAO applicationsStudents who amended their submissions in time were eligible for later roundsThu Oct 07 2021 - 19:26
‘The level of need is ridiculous’: Students’ unions respond to surge in requests for helpRising rents and commuting costs mean more students have less to spare for foodThu Oct 07 2021 - 18:59
Rise in ‘school phobia’ as children stay home due to anxietyMental health problems exacerbated by pandemic and school closures, say expertsWed Oct 06 2021 - 04:35
Teachers support spreading Leaving Cert assessment over two-year periodEmphasis on project or practical work would reduce pressure ahead of written examsTue Oct 05 2021 - 16:36
Maynooth University’s first female president: ‘I have a daughter. I have a life. It is possible’Finnish academic Prof Eeva Leinonen believes colleges can do more to support womenMon Oct 04 2021 - 00:00
Government wants to forge closer cross-Border links to tackle skills gapsCalls for Erasmus-style programme to boost access to education on both sides of BorderFri Oct 01 2021 - 19:33
Teachers’ unions say they are not seeking pandemic bonus paymentsMove follows criticism of call to be included in talks over rewarding frontline workersFri Oct 01 2021 - 18:10
Ireland’s newest university formally establishedThird-level institution established from merger of Limerick IT and Athlone ITFri Oct 01 2021 - 00:01
Attempted cyberattack causes disruption at NUI GalwayOnline lectures impacted as university disconnects network from wider internetThu Sept 30 2021 - 13:50
‘I’m embarrassed’: Teachers react to unions’ call to be part of Covid bonus talksWell-meaning Government initiative risks descending into an unseemly free-for-allWed Sept 29 2021 - 19:15
Teachers demand to be included in Covid-19 bonus paymentsUnions say ‘extraordinary efforts’ of teaching staff during pandemic kept schools runningTue Sept 28 2021 - 20:03
Leaving Cert students’ stress levels ‘virtually disappeared’ due to assessmentsSchool managers say there is a ‘compelling’ case for reform of our ‘dated’ senior cycleTue Sept 28 2021 - 19:43
Class gap among graduates from different higher education institutionsMore university graduates attend fee-paying than disadvantaged schools, figures showMon Sept 27 2021 - 00:35
New study reveals which college graduates earn most in the workplaceHigher Education Authority research shows extent of earning gap across collegesMon Sept 27 2021 - 00:00
Why universities have stopped building student accommodationHigh building costs, housing shortages and delays in college offers have created crisisFri Sept 24 2021 - 19:02
Schoolchildren on sleepovers must isolate if close contactsHSE advises homes are much higher risk than schools for transmission of virusFri Sept 24 2021 - 01:07
Changes to close contact rules for under-13s sparks ‘consternation’Teachers and principals note ‘confusion’ as no detailed guidance on how changes will workThu Sept 23 2021 - 18:59
Ten thousand children in isolation can return to school on Monday without Covid-testingInfection control measures - such as pods and ventilation - to remain in schools, principals advisedThu Sept 23 2021 - 17:41
Covid-19: Teachers call for easing of close contact rules for primary schools to be delayedThousands of children without symptoms set to return to class from MondayThu Sept 23 2021 - 01:21
Covid-19: Close contact rules for children under 13 to be relaxed from MondayTony Holohan says ‘given the importance of education for our children ... now is the right time’Wed Sept 22 2021 - 17:44
Covid-19: Confusion over whether children with runny noses should go to school‘Contradictory’ advice on Covid symptoms for children, Oireachtas committee toldTue Sept 21 2021 - 19:30
Thousands of college applicants receive fresh offersJust over 1,450 college hopefuls who missed out in first round have now received an offerMon Sept 20 2021 - 16:43
New schools ‘struggling’ to fill libraries due to cut in books grantCampaign launched to reinstate primary school library fund abolished 15 years agoMon Sept 20 2021 - 06:00
Anti-vaccination campaigner Dolores Cahill no longer employed by UCDControversial academic said children who wore face masks would have a lower IQSun Sept 19 2021 - 19:42
Fall in apprenticeship numbers last year despite expansion plansPlan aims to increase numbers on ‘earn and learn’ courses to 10,000 by 2025Sun Sept 19 2021 - 17:50
Covid-19: Contact tracing no longer required in air travel casesFlight contact tracing will only be carried out if public health officials say it is necessarySat Sept 18 2021 - 03:38
Unions say it is ‘far too early’ to relax Covid close contact rules in schoolsStaff representatives respond to plans to let unvaccinated close contacts stay in schoolFri Sept 17 2021 - 18:08
Trinity students to protest over lack of face-to-face lecturesUniversity defends its ‘deliberately cautious’ approach to reopeningFri Sept 17 2021 - 18:07
Schools must notify social services on reduced timetables from JanuaryGuidelines say use of shortened school days should only occur when absolutely necessaryThu Sept 16 2021 - 20:31
School ventilation guidelines ‘unsafe’, say expertsAll schools across the State are being supplied with carbon-dioxide monitorsThu Sept 16 2021 - 18:22
Ireland ranks in last place in OECD for investment in educationSchool completion rates higher in Ireland compared to most wealthy countriesThu Sept 16 2021 - 12:00
Disabled students in private colleges to have access to State supportsMove follows refusal by authorities to provide supports to Dublin teenagerWed Sept 15 2021 - 20:00
Covid-19: Universities in deficit as commercial losses climb to €270mColleges say growing student numbers and higher costs are pushing them into the redWed Sept 15 2021 - 15:50
Covid-19: Rollout of air quality monitors to schools to be delayed until OctoberTeachers’ unions ‘extremely disappointed’ at setback in light of threat posed by Delta variantWed Sept 15 2021 - 14:15
Parental consent to be required if schoolchild put on short daysGuidelines will oblige schools to seek leave before action taken on behaviour problemsWed Sept 15 2021 - 01:00
‘My son was put on a shortened day at age five. It was devastating’School decision to place junior infant on reduced timetable overturned by appeals bodyWed Sept 15 2021 - 01:00
Covid-19 in schools: Defect in 10,000 air monitors delays rolloutMonitors help allow staff to quickly identify where ventilation needs to be improvedWed Sept 15 2021 - 01:00
School secretaries’ strike deferred following breakthrough in talksUnion claims ‘major victory’ will bring to an end two-tier pay system in use for 40 yearsTue Sept 14 2021 - 15:55
School secretaries’ strike deferred following breakthrough in talksUnion claims ‘major victory’ will bring to an end two-tier pay system in use for 40 yearsTue Sept 14 2021 - 15:44
