Coronavirus: Schools to provide weekly boxes of groceries for disadvantaged pupilsGovernment confirms funding for schools meals programme for 250,000 childrenThu Mar 26 2020 - 13:31
Leaving Cert students could sit deferred exams and start college in mid-autumnContingency plan being explored in case of delay to June examsWed Mar 25 2020 - 17:28
Coronavirus: Varadkar ‘hopeful’ schools can return in May or JuneTaoiseach says ‘very good chance’ Leaving Cert exams will go aheadTue Mar 24 2020 - 18:09
Students risk losing out as online teaching creates ‘digital divide’Many do not have access to broadband or teachers are ill-equipped to teach remotelyMon Mar 23 2020 - 02:15
Teachers should provide online support during closures – DepartmentNational Parents Council says supports from schools and teachers vary significantlySun Mar 22 2020 - 18:00
Junior Cert could be cancelled to prioritise Leaving Cert written examsTaoiseach says school closures could be extended into April or MayFri Mar 20 2020 - 12:44
Cancelled exams: ‘I got so annoyed and frustrated that I started crying’Leaving Cert students’ reaction to the decision to cancel oral and practical examsThu Mar 19 2020 - 23:04
Leaving/Junior Cert students to get full marks as orals and practicals cancelledMinister working on assumption Leaving Cert written exam will go ahead as plannedThu Mar 19 2020 - 11:39
‘Students are super-stressed. They don’t know when the exams will be’Coronavirus: Leaving Cert students feel anxious and uncertain over what lies aheadWed Mar 18 2020 - 17:33
Coronavirus: Call for clarity on future of State exams to ease students’ anxietyContingency plans for Junior and Leaving Certs being worked on, department saysWed Mar 18 2020 - 16:59
Coronavirus: Hundreds of medicine students fast-tracked into fight against Covid-19‘We’re know there’s a tsunami coming. We’re ready to to help’Wed Mar 18 2020 - 08:34
Coronavirus: University of Limerick likely to set up field hospital on campusUL president expects it will be at least mid-June before college reopens to studentsMon Mar 16 2020 - 11:59
Why Confirmation is still ‘a thing’ in Irish schoolsIn a slowly secularising school system, the numbers getting confirmed are holding upSat Mar 14 2020 - 06:00
Coronavirus: Parents urged to avoid children mixing with others‘No playdates, no parties and no playgrounds,’ warns hospital consultantFri Mar 13 2020 - 20:42
Home-schooling during coronavirus closures: advice from expertsQ&A: What you need to know about timetables, rewards and parents’ resourcesFri Mar 13 2020 - 16:41
Teachers’ Easter conferences postponed due to coronavirusAsti, TUI and INTO did not say if there is a provisional date later in the year for conferenceFri Mar 13 2020 - 15:17
Schools, colleges and childcare facilities may shut well beyond March 29thLeaving Cert and Junior Cert oral and practical exams to be postponedThu Mar 12 2020 - 21:10
Q&A: How will school closures impact on pupils, parents and exams?Leaving Cert and Junior Cert oral and practical examinations are set to be postponedThu Mar 12 2020 - 19:09
Coronavirus: Schools prepare to move classes onlineDisruption due to mass school closures set to be unmatched by any weather event in living memoryThu Mar 12 2020 - 18:54
Coronavirus: Junior and Leaving Cert exams still scheduled for later this monthState Examinations Commission says oral and practical exams are set to take placeWed Mar 11 2020 - 20:19
Further education courses boost students’ chances of graduating from third levelQuarter of institute of technology students now come from further education sectorWed Mar 11 2020 - 17:25
Coronavirus: No plans for large-scale school closures ‘at this point’Department of Education says decision to shut schools would be made on public health adviceTue Mar 10 2020 - 18:41
Coronavirus: No plans for large-scale school closures ‘at this point’Department of Education says decision to shut schools would be made on public health adviceTue Mar 10 2020 - 16:06
Trinity introduces online classes in bid to limit coronavirus threatUniversity closes Book of Kells exhibition and Old Library to visitorsTue Mar 10 2020 - 13:07
Warning over ‘emergency’ shortage of secondary school principalsLess than a third say they will remain in a school leadership role in five years’ timeTue Mar 10 2020 - 06:00
Increase in CAO applications for science and environment coursesFigures reflect interest among young people in climate change and sustainabilityTue Mar 10 2020 - 06:00
Thousands of students apply for hardship funds to help pay for rising rentsUp to 14,000 to get payments from Student Assistance Fund in current academic yearMon Mar 09 2020 - 13:03
Snobbery at the heart of two-tier education system for school-leaversAnalysis: Consultation paper points to closer links between further and higher educationMon Mar 09 2020 - 02:01
CAO may be expanded to include further education coursesDepartment of Education paper questions whether too many students go to collegeMon Mar 09 2020 - 02:00
Irish universities face financial black hole over coronavirusColleges fear losing millions as foreign students may be obliged to cancel enrolmentSun Mar 08 2020 - 17:11
‘No evidence’ fee-paying schools do better at boosting academic performanceSchool performance often distorted by students’ prior ability or family backgroundThu Mar 05 2020 - 20:09
RCSI to bring forward exams amid concern over spread of coronavirusState exams body taking Department of Health advice over Junior and Leaving CertThu Mar 05 2020 - 17:18
Social media ‘overload’ linked to fatigueThose prone to feeling bored on social media more likely to feel overwhelmed, study findsTue Mar 03 2020 - 22:07
Coronavirus: Universities plan online classes and exams in case of campus closuresContingency plans drawn up to ensure teaching and learning can continueTue Mar 03 2020 - 18:03
Laws aimed at cutting numbers jailed for unpaid fines ‘not working’‘Revolving door’ means many offenders choose prison over alternatives, says Chief JusticeSun Mar 01 2020 - 19:44
Trinity students crowned team champions of 60th Irish Times DebateIndividual speaker’s award goes to Rachael Mullally representing UCD LawFri Feb 28 2020 - 22:25
Dispute over timing of secondary school teacher meetings escalatesASTI insists Department of Educaton circular aimed at resolving row is ‘unacceptable’Fri Feb 28 2020 - 09:27
Opposition grows among school groups to plans for changes of SNA allocation systemDepartment is planning to ‘frontload’ 10,000 special needs assistants to mainstream schoolsFri Feb 28 2020 - 01:00
‘Children’s needs have to be at the centre . . . otherwise, it’s pointless’Mother increasingly concerned son’s access to special needs assistant has been dilutedFri Feb 28 2020 - 01:00
iPads in school experiment gets fail mark as kids go shopping and gamingHighly critical review commissioned by Ratoath College is likely to be influentialFri Feb 28 2020 - 00:20
Coronavirus: Some schools send pupils home following Italy tripsConfusion among schools over advice to students returning from affected areasWed Feb 26 2020 - 20:31
Schools face losing hundreds of teaching posts due to disputeDepartment puts ASTI under pressure over junior cycle meetingsWed Feb 26 2020 - 19:10
Colleges must provide alcohol-free student accommodation under new rulesGovernment health drive also urges drug and alcohol-free social spaces on campusWed Feb 26 2020 - 02:05
Children may learn foreign languages from third classSweeping changes proposed to primary school curriculumTue Feb 25 2020 - 06:32
Trinity College plans wildflower meadow on College GreenUniversity wants to transform prominent grassy area in response to biodiversity crisisTue Feb 25 2020 - 02:48
Algeria to fund hundreds of students to study at University of LimerickUL says €20m ‘game changing’ English-language deal will boost international presenceTue Feb 25 2020 - 02:22
Graduates 'not well-equipped' for future workplaceAccenture report finds education and businesses at odds over students’ preparednessTue Feb 25 2020 - 02:03
Teachers face ‘longer tuition hours’ under plan to resolve disputeDepartment seeks to stop practice of placing pupils in ‘free classes’ to fit in junior cycle meetingsMon Feb 24 2020 - 04:19
Q&A: Will pupils lose out in changes to how special needs assistants are allocated?Concern among groups over ‘rushed’ and ‘partial delivery’ of planned changesMon Feb 24 2020 - 03:34
Changes to SNA supports may be ‘Trojan horse’ for cuts, say school campaignersDepartment of Education insists no school will lose out next year under new reformsMon Feb 24 2020 - 03:33
