Emma O Kelly

Education Correspondent

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

Survey offers chance for wider choice on school ethos

As the Department of Education rolls out a national survey of pre and primary school parents it will want to avoid at all costs a repeat of the fiasco of 2019, when attempts to gauge the views of parents descended into farce and failure, writes Emma O'Kelly.

Analysis and Comment • 04 Nov

A separate questionnaire will seek the views of teachers and members of school boards of management (Stock image)

Parents asked to take part in primary school ethos survey

The parents of 826,000 children are to be asked to share with the Department of Education their views on the type of primary school they would like their child to attend.

Education • 04 Nov