Strong showing by Independent Ireland and Labour candidates in Irish Times, TG4 and B&A poll of voters

Letters highlight family concerns in lead up to Government U-turn on controversial review

Other departments to contribute €446m while €200m drawn from contingency fund

Jen Cummins says treatment of pupil ‘heartbreaking’ and says planned special education forum is just another ‘talking shop’

Much of the opposition to divestment has been at local level, strongly felt and expressed, even by non-practising parents happy with the status quo

Former Department of Health head expected to be approved by Cabinet on Tuesday

Some principals and teachers going to work two hours early to ‘mop out schools when it rains’

Group says latest investment will support medtech giant’s priority cardiovascular programmes as well as emerging areas of interest

Two in five parents of pupils in religious-run schools would prefer a multi-denominational ethos

Teachers express concern they do not have adequate training, resources or facilities for laboratory-based research

New schools taskforce designed to examine evolving implications for teaching, learning and policy

General secretary of second-level teachers’ union says Government has not moved on from mindset of austerity

Minister for Public Expenditure drawing up proposals for levy on other departments to address underfunding

A substantial minority do not want religious patronage and the State , has a duty to meet that demand

Contentious issue of roles to be established by Coalition to support students with Leaving Cert reforms surfaces at annual conference

Episode led Sophie Cole to develop Complex Regional Pain Syndrome and become reliant on invalidity benefit aged just 30

Government-commissioned survey found parental support for changing ethos in schools

Ministers maintain human oversight remains a non-negotiable component in carrying out certain tasks

Almost three-quarters of parents with children in single-sex schools said they would like to see those schools transition to coeducational

Conferences also scheduled to consider workplace stress, school inspections, assaults on staff and impact of recruitment and retention crisis