Emma O Kelly

Education Correspondent

More than 4,500 apply to attend education convention

More than 4,500 people have applied to participate in a national convention on education that is due to take place later this year.

Education • 2 hrs

Group of teenager standing in row in gym. Close up of legs, unrecognizable people.

Schools urged to join physical activity initiative

Schools are being encouraged to get involved in a four-week initiative to encourage bursts of physical activity throughout the school day.

Education • 13 Jan

Govt to create new professorship grade in universities

The Government is to proceed with creating a new professorship grade in the country's technological universities, but the news has been met with caution by a trade union representing staff in the sector.

Education • 16 Dec 25

The Department of Education says that 47% of eligible households have filled out the questionnaire

Primary school ethos survey to close tonight

Parents and guardians are being encouraged to indicate what kind of primary schools they would like to have by participating in a Department of Education survey that closes tonight.

Education • 17 Dec 25

Minister for Education Hildegarde Naughton

Young people to play role in new convention on education

Children and young people are among those being invited to play a central role in a new national Convention on Education, which will inform state education policies into the future.

Education • 14 Dec 25

Magdalene laundry to be converted for creative businesses

The last of Limerick's Magdalene laundry buildings looks set to be converted into a facility to help art school and other graduate creatives establish businesses and enterprises, after planning approval was granted for its renovation.

Munster • 11 Dec 25

INTO condemns AON requirement removal for special classes

The INTO has condemned a decision to remove the requirement for professional Assessment of Need reports for children who wish to enter special classes and special schools.

Education • 10 Dec 25

Under €6.5 million has so far been paid to 472 non fee-charging post-primary schools (Stock image)

Fee-charging schools could get funding for phone storage

The Department of Education is considering whether to make State funding available to fee-charging secondary schools under its mobile-phone storage scheme, after a significant portion of the allocated budget remains unspent.

Education • 10 Dec 25

168,000 households take part in school ethos survey

Just under one third of families with young children have responded to a Department of Education questionnaire which asks what kind of school parents would like their child to attend.

Education • 05 Dec 25

Virginia College in Co Cavan suffered extensive damage to its roof during Storm Éowyn when a tree fell on it

Dept of Education spent over €77m on school roof repairs

The Department of Education has spent over €77 million on repairs to school roofs over the past four years.

Education • 29 Nov 25