Emma O Kelly

Education Correspondent

By February, the CAO had received 83,424 applications, an increase of 6,525 from 2024

8.5% rise in CAO applications for third-level courses

A surge in CAO applications this year is reflected in increased interest across a wide variety of disciplines, new data from the CAO shows.

Ireland • 11 Mar

Teachers' perceptions were gathered in an online survey

Difference in skills of children since pandemic - study

Children who began school this year may be encountering more difficulties and be less prepared compared to those born before the pandemic, the findings of a study from Mary Immaculate College suggest.

Education • 10 Mar

Helen McEntee was told that NEPS would be incapable of recruiting sufficient numbers of psychologists if the new standards are accepted

Dept warns of shortage of educational psychologists

Officials in the Department of Education have warned of an even greater shortage of educational psychologists for children in schools if new standards to regulate the profession are accepted.

Education • 07 Mar

The draft legislation removes the requirement for UN Security Council authorisation to deploy troops (Pic: RollingNews.ie)

Hundreds of academics express alarm at Triple Lock change

Hundreds of academic staff and other university workers have signed a letter expressing alarm at Cabinet's decision to scrap the Triple Lock.

Politics • 06 Mar

Enhanced funding and staffing supports are among the measures being considered

More school supports for children in disadvantaged areas

Enhanced supports are to be put in place in schools to meet the needs of children and young people growing up in areas with the highest levels of disadvantage.

Education • 03 Mar

Around 50 parents from Dublin and counties across the country are protesting

Protest over lack of school places for autistic children

A group of parents who say they are desperate to secure school places for their autistic children have been protesting outside the Department of Education of Dublin's Marlborough Street, saying they will sleep there tonight in order to draw attention to their plight.

Education • 28 Feb

Haneen Alkahlout and her two children, Nouralaen, two, and nine-month-old Sarah joined their husband and father Hazem Malaka in Ireland on 9 February

Palestinian family sleeping in car 'feel hopeless'

A Palestinian family who fled the war in Gaza are sleeping in a car in Dublin after three council areas rejected their appeal for emergency homeless accommodation.

Ireland • 27 Feb

The strike action was being taken by staff at BIMM music college who are members of IFUT

BIMM staff strike resolved as works vote to accept deal

A dispute that led to teachers at BIMM music college striking for several days earlier this month has been resolved with workers voting - "by a massive majority" according to their union - to accept a deal.

Education • 21 Feb

ICOS has called on the Government to introduce basic legislative rights for people living in 'rent a room' or digs accommodation (stock image)

Living conditions for foreign students 'inadequate'

An agency which supports international students in Ireland has said substandard housing conditions are threatening Ireland's ability to promote itself as a global destination for education, research and innovation.

Education • 19 Feb

The two studies are based on data gathered under the 'Growing Up in Ireland' programme (Stock image)

Relying on friends for info linked to earlier sex - study

Young people who rely on their friends for information about sex are significantly more likely to have sex earlier, while relying on a teacher as a source of information on sex and relationships is associated with later sexual initiation, according to an ESRI study.

Ireland • 19 Feb