Covid-19: Teachers call for easing of close contact rules for primary schools to be delayedThousands of children without symptoms set to return to class from MondayThu Sept 23 2021 - 01:21
Covid-19: Close contact rules for children under 13 to be relaxed from MondayTony Holohan says ‘given the importance of education for our children ... now is the right time’Wed Sept 22 2021 - 17:44
Covid-19: Confusion over whether children with runny noses should go to school‘Contradictory’ advice on Covid symptoms for children, Oireachtas committee toldTue Sept 21 2021 - 19:30
Thousands of college applicants receive fresh offersJust over 1,450 college hopefuls who missed out in first round have now received an offerMon Sept 20 2021 - 16:43
New schools ‘struggling’ to fill libraries due to cut in books grantCampaign launched to reinstate primary school library fund abolished 15 years agoMon Sept 20 2021 - 06:00
Anti-vaccination campaigner Dolores Cahill no longer employed by UCDControversial academic said children who wore face masks would have a lower IQSun Sept 19 2021 - 19:42
Fall in apprenticeship numbers last year despite expansion plansPlan aims to increase numbers on ‘earn and learn’ courses to 10,000 by 2025Sun Sept 19 2021 - 17:50
Covid-19: Contact tracing no longer required in air travel casesFlight contact tracing will only be carried out if public health officials say it is necessarySat Sept 18 2021 - 03:38
Unions say it is ‘far too early’ to relax Covid close contact rules in schoolsStaff representatives respond to plans to let unvaccinated close contacts stay in schoolFri Sept 17 2021 - 18:08
Trinity students to protest over lack of face-to-face lecturesUniversity defends its ‘deliberately cautious’ approach to reopeningFri Sept 17 2021 - 18:07
Schools must notify social services on reduced timetables from JanuaryGuidelines say use of shortened school days should only occur when absolutely necessaryThu Sept 16 2021 - 20:31
School ventilation guidelines ‘unsafe’, say expertsAll schools across the State are being supplied with carbon-dioxide monitorsThu Sept 16 2021 - 18:22
Ireland ranks in last place in OECD for investment in educationSchool completion rates higher in Ireland compared to most wealthy countriesThu Sept 16 2021 - 12:00
Disabled students in private colleges to have access to State supportsMove follows refusal by authorities to provide supports to Dublin teenagerWed Sept 15 2021 - 20:00
Covid-19: Universities in deficit as commercial losses climb to €270mColleges say growing student numbers and higher costs are pushing them into the redWed Sept 15 2021 - 15:50
Covid-19: Rollout of air quality monitors to schools to be delayed until OctoberTeachers’ unions ‘extremely disappointed’ at setback in light of threat posed by Delta variantWed Sept 15 2021 - 14:15
Parental consent to be required if schoolchild put on short daysGuidelines will oblige schools to seek leave before action taken on behaviour problemsWed Sept 15 2021 - 01:00
‘My son was put on a shortened day at age five. It was devastating’School decision to place junior infant on reduced timetable overturned by appeals bodyWed Sept 15 2021 - 01:00
Covid-19 in schools: Defect in 10,000 air monitors delays rolloutMonitors help allow staff to quickly identify where ventilation needs to be improvedWed Sept 15 2021 - 01:00
School secretaries’ strike deferred following breakthrough in talksUnion claims ‘major victory’ will bring to an end two-tier pay system in use for 40 yearsTue Sept 14 2021 - 15:55
School secretaries’ strike deferred following breakthrough in talksUnion claims ‘major victory’ will bring to an end two-tier pay system in use for 40 yearsTue Sept 14 2021 - 15:44
College lecturers should ‘walk away’ from unsafe classrooms, says unionTens of thousands of staff and students returning to college campuses this weekTue Sept 14 2021 - 14:44
College after Covid: what to expectVaccine certs, pre-booked library seats; it’s college, but not as you know itSat Sept 11 2021 - 06:00
Students left without college offers due to errors or omissions in their CAO applicationsCAO says it gave applicants ample opportunities to correct their detailsThu Sept 09 2021 - 13:47
Grade inflation set to end for next year’s Leaving Cert, says FoleyReturn to traditional exams will see grades back at normal levels after record highsWed Sept 08 2021 - 20:04
Call to tackle ‘cruel’ grade inflation as college points hit new highSome students with maximum points failed to get their first choice of college courseWed Sept 08 2021 - 04:32
Grade inflation fuels cruel CAO process this year. Is there a way back?‘We should go back to grade profiles in pre-Covid times ... it’s the fairest way, all round’Tue Sept 07 2021 - 21:29
Record-breaking grades and high demand see significant rise in CAO points requirementsDozens of students with more than 600 points miss out on preferred programmesTue Sept 07 2021 - 15:57
Pupils at risk of learning loss to receive extra teaching hoursDepartment hopes €50m catch-up initiative will make up for disruption linked to CovidTue Sept 07 2021 - 01:00
Girls get Leaving Cert results boost from ‘unconscious bias’Gender gap under estimated marks wider than with traditional exams, SEC findsMon Sept 06 2021 - 07:59
Most CAO applicants likely to get one of their top-three choices despite points riseGovernment’s 4,600 extra college places aimed at easing admissions raceSun Sept 05 2021 - 17:43
Colleges expect spike in random selectionHigh-points courses in health, law, pharmacy and science most likely to be affectedSat Sept 04 2021 - 03:45
Has the Leaving Certificate been ‘dumbed down’?Experts differ over significance of grade inflation in this year’s record-breaking resultsSat Sept 04 2021 - 01:00
Record-breaking results a ‘reward’ for this year’s Leaving Certs, says FoleyGrades climb to a record high with a sharp increase in the students securing top awardsFri Sept 03 2021 - 19:07
Union praises LC students who ‘had to cope with significant uncertainty’Leaving Cert results to be issued online to 61,000 students at 10am on FridayFri Sept 03 2021 - 10:14
Leaving Cert results day: Number of students getting top grades soars to record highSharp rise in number of students securing top grades under new twin-track processFri Sept 03 2021 - 06:00
Why have Leaving Cert results climbed to a record high?This was an exam year like no other – which poses big questions for the futureFri Sept 03 2021 - 06:00
Pupils being educated via Irish at primary climbs to record highGaelscoil Eoin on Haddington Place is first all-Irish school to open in the Dublin 4 areaThu Sept 02 2021 - 01:00
Mixed performance among Irish universities in latest university rankingsTrinity climbs to 146th, but four colleges slip down Times Higher Education league tableThu Sept 02 2021 - 00:01
Leaving Cert Q&A: Will results climb to a record high?Grade inflation is likely when thousands receive their results on FridayWed Sept 01 2021 - 20:04
‘I felt huge guilt’: New exhibit features work by NUIG students who breached Covid rules‘Reflections on Covid’ display includes extracts from essays by disciplined studentsTue Aug 31 2021 - 22:11
‘It’s great to have our routine back’: Parents on school reopeningRelief and optimism among families at school gates in Greystones, Co WicklowTue Aug 31 2021 - 20:55
Covid-19: Principals optimistic schools will remain low-risk settingsHope for tours, sports matches and indoor activities to resume in months aheadTue Aug 31 2021 - 20:10
Lessons learned: How to improve our education system post-pandemicSudden lockdown shone a light on a creaking education system, we can use what we have learned to make it betterSat Aug 21 2021 - 06:00
College lecturers express concerns at plans to resume some classes at full capacityUnion raises concerns amid news UCD plans to resume lectures of up to 500 studentsFri Aug 20 2021 - 18:59
Leaving Cert 2022: More choice in exams but no plans for accredited gradesDepartment publishes subject-by-subject guide to assessment changes next yearThu Aug 19 2021 - 21:32
School return plan for pregnant teachers is based on ‘expert advice’, Minister saysTeachers’ unions want unvaccinated school staff to be let work from home temporarilyThu Aug 19 2021 - 18:20
Unvaccinated pregnant teachers can ‘safely’ return to classroomDepartment issues advice but unions say staff not inoculated should be allowed work remotelyWed Aug 18 2021 - 21:33
No requirement for face masks for primary schoolchildren on reopeningOfficial guidance at variance with alternative expert opinion on coverings and classroomsWed Aug 18 2021 - 19:48
Pandemic led some parents to delay children’s school start, report findsProjected oversupply of primary teachers could allow for reduction of class sizesWed Aug 18 2021 - 03:00
