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
College lecturers should ‘walk away’ from unsafe classrooms, says unionTens of thousands of staff and students returning to college campuses this weekTue Sept 14 2021 - 14:44
College after Covid: what to expectVaccine certs, pre-booked library seats; it’s college, but not as you know itSat Sept 11 2021 - 06:00
Students left without college offers due to errors or omissions in their CAO applicationsCAO says it gave applicants ample opportunities to correct their detailsThu Sept 09 2021 - 13:47
Grade inflation set to end for next year’s Leaving Cert, says FoleyReturn to traditional exams will see grades back at normal levels after record highsWed Sept 08 2021 - 20:04
Call to tackle ‘cruel’ grade inflation as college points hit new highSome students with maximum points failed to get their first choice of college courseWed Sept 08 2021 - 04:32
Grade inflation fuels cruel CAO process this year. Is there a way back?‘We should go back to grade profiles in pre-Covid times ... it’s the fairest way, all round’Tue Sept 07 2021 - 21:29
Record-breaking grades and high demand see significant rise in CAO points requirementsDozens of students with more than 600 points miss out on preferred programmesTue Sept 07 2021 - 15:57
Pupils at risk of learning loss to receive extra teaching hoursDepartment hopes €50m catch-up initiative will make up for disruption linked to CovidTue Sept 07 2021 - 01:00
Girls get Leaving Cert results boost from ‘unconscious bias’Gender gap under estimated marks wider than with traditional exams, SEC findsMon Sept 06 2021 - 07:59
Most CAO applicants likely to get one of their top-three choices despite points riseGovernment’s 4,600 extra college places aimed at easing admissions raceSun Sept 05 2021 - 17:43
Colleges expect spike in random selectionHigh-points courses in health, law, pharmacy and science most likely to be affectedSat Sept 04 2021 - 03:45
Has the Leaving Certificate been ‘dumbed down’?Experts differ over significance of grade inflation in this year’s record-breaking resultsSat Sept 04 2021 - 01:00
Record-breaking results a ‘reward’ for this year’s Leaving Certs, says FoleyGrades climb to a record high with a sharp increase in the students securing top awardsFri Sept 03 2021 - 19:07
Union praises LC students who ‘had to cope with significant uncertainty’Leaving Cert results to be issued online to 61,000 students at 10am on FridayFri Sept 03 2021 - 10:14
Leaving Cert results day: Number of students getting top grades soars to record highSharp rise in number of students securing top grades under new twin-track processFri Sept 03 2021 - 06:00
Why have Leaving Cert results climbed to a record high?This was an exam year like no other – which poses big questions for the futureFri Sept 03 2021 - 06:00
Pupils being educated via Irish at primary climbs to record highGaelscoil Eoin on Haddington Place is first all-Irish school to open in the Dublin 4 areaThu Sept 02 2021 - 01:00
Mixed performance among Irish universities in latest university rankingsTrinity climbs to 146th, but four colleges slip down Times Higher Education league tableThu Sept 02 2021 - 00:01
Leaving Cert Q&A: Will results climb to a record high?Grade inflation is likely when thousands receive their results on FridayWed Sept 01 2021 - 20:04
‘I felt huge guilt’: New exhibit features work by NUIG students who breached Covid rules‘Reflections on Covid’ display includes extracts from essays by disciplined studentsTue Aug 31 2021 - 22:11
‘It’s great to have our routine back’: Parents on school reopeningRelief and optimism among families at school gates in Greystones, Co WicklowTue Aug 31 2021 - 20:55
Covid-19: Principals optimistic schools will remain low-risk settingsHope for tours, sports matches and indoor activities to resume in months aheadTue Aug 31 2021 - 20:10
Lessons learned: How to improve our education system post-pandemicSudden lockdown shone a light on a creaking education system, we can use what we have learned to make it betterSat Aug 21 2021 - 06:00
College lecturers express concerns at plans to resume some classes at full capacityUnion raises concerns amid news UCD plans to resume lectures of up to 500 studentsFri Aug 20 2021 - 18:59
Leaving Cert 2022: More choice in exams but no plans for accredited gradesDepartment publishes subject-by-subject guide to assessment changes next yearThu Aug 19 2021 - 21:32
School return plan for pregnant teachers is based on ‘expert advice’, Minister saysTeachers’ unions want unvaccinated school staff to be let work from home temporarilyThu Aug 19 2021 - 18:20
Unvaccinated pregnant teachers can ‘safely’ return to classroomDepartment issues advice but unions say staff not inoculated should be allowed work remotelyWed Aug 18 2021 - 21:33
No requirement for face masks for primary schoolchildren on reopeningOfficial guidance at variance with alternative expert opinion on coverings and classroomsWed Aug 18 2021 - 19:48
Pandemic led some parents to delay children’s school start, report findsProjected oversupply of primary teachers could allow for reduction of class sizesWed Aug 18 2021 - 03:00
Many ‘high risk’ teachers to be recalled to classrooms following vaccinationMore than 1,400 were permitted to work remotely last year due to health concernsTue Aug 17 2021 - 19:29
Homeschooling applications climb to record highMore parents opting to educate children at homeMon Aug 16 2021 - 01:32
Covid-19: Teachers will not be required to show proof of jabUnions to call for unvaccinated pregnant staff to be allowed work remotelySun Aug 15 2021 - 15:56
Many unvaccinated pregnant teachers fear return to classroomRevised health guidelines say it is safe for most pregnant staff to attend the workplaceFri Aug 13 2021 - 17:47
Pop-up vaccine centres in colleges planned to boost student uptakeUniversities planning for blend of on-campus teaching and remote learning from autumnThu Aug 12 2021 - 04:02
