Post-riot fears leave Roma children without supports The impact of last month's attack on children and their carer outside a Dublin school and the riots that ensued is still playing out in … Dublin • 17 hrs
Four new special schools to open next September Four new special schools will open in counties Limerick, Meath, Wexford and Kildare in September of 2024 to cater for a rise in the number … Education • 06 Dec
Irish teens outperform peers in literacy - OECD tests Irish 15-year-olds outperform their peers across the EU and all OECD countries when it comes to literacy, according to the outcome of tests administered by … Education • 05 Dec
Unions want oral exams returned to pre-pandemic timings Two teacher unions have reiterated a call for oral Leaving Certificate examinations to be held once again during term time as opposed to the Easter … Education • 29 Nov
Rollout of €50m school solar panel programme to begin Schools in 11 counties will be eligible to apply for funding for solar panels under the first phase of the school solar panel scheme. Ireland • 23 Nov
82% of college leavers obtain work within nine months The proportion of graduates who are in employment nine months after leaving college has been rising in recent years, according to the latest data gathered … Ireland • 17 Nov
Foreign students 'deeply affected' by housing crisis The housing crisis is deeply affecting international students who come to Ireland to study and is putting the country's reputation abroad at risk, according to … Ireland • 14 Nov
800 primary teaching posts going unfilled - INTO Eight hundred teaching posts in primary schools here are unfilled as a result of the shortage of school teachers, according to a survey carried out … Education • 06 Nov
Census data highlights need for religious ethos change The census data is clear. Change is needed. Children who are not Catholic should not be obliged to listen to Catholic prayers every day in … Analysis and Comment • 28 Oct
