Emma O Kelly

Education Correspondent

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Christy Nolan - Pic - Emma O'Kelly - RTE

Christy Nolan posthumously awarded degree from TCD

Poet and author Christy Nolan, who died in 2009, has been posthumously awarded a degree from Trinity College Dublin (TCD).

Ireland • 27 Nov

Leaving Cert adjustments to continue next year - McEntee

The adjustment of Leaving Certificate results, which began after Covid, will continue next year, with students set to receive results that are in aggregate lower than those of this year, Minister for Education Helen McEntee has confirmed.

Education • 05 Nov