Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

Bid to host Euro 2028 a ‘distraction’ from needs of Irish football – Labour

Cabinet backs Irish and UK effort to host event but costs and benefits will be evalutated

The Irish Times view on single-sex schools: gender segregation has had its day

Most scientific evidence indicates that single-sex education fails to produce academic benefits and inflates gender stereotyping

Are the days of single-sex schools numbered?

Some principals are fighting back against proposals to end ‘outdated’ all-boys and all-girls schools within 15 years

Nominations for Labour Party leadership to close on March 24th

Dublin Bay South TD Ivana Bacik widely expected to be next party leader

Smith and Ó Ríordáin rule themselves out of Labour leadership race

‘It’s not the right time for me,’ says Smith as both back Ivana Bacik for the role

Alan Kelly departure: Why, and why now?

Inside Politics: Issues with Labour leader was most quiet disquiet seen in a party heave

Government needs clearer understanding of costs to host Euros 2028, says Chambers

FAI announced joint bid with UK to host European Championships earlier this month

Parents and students should have choice on face masks in schools, says Tóibín

Others in opposition more cautious on potential lifting of mask mandate

State-funded schools would have to become mixed gender within 15 years under proposed law

Labour’s Aodhán Ó Ríordáin says Ireland is ‘out of kilter’ with the European norm

Revenue warehouses up to €3.2bn in business tax debt

Donohoe rules out recouping money from EWSS-supported firms that paid dividends

Bill-payers to get €200 energy credit in April under cost-of-living package

Measures, including 20% cut in transport fares and extra benefits, to cost €505 million

Calls for a blanket right to work from home ‘not realistic’, says Varadkar

Tánaiste says he is willing to change remote working Bill to make it ‘fit for purpose’

‘Unjust’ priority admissions for past pupils’ children must go, says Ombudsman

Dr Niall Muldoon says rule risks locking generations into cycle of disadvantage

Call to end ‘outdated’ single-sex schools within 10-15 years

Move needed to tackle gender inequality and ‘toxic masculinity’, Labour says

Why the Government killed off the hybrid Leaving Cert

Analysis: Lack of key data would have ‘seriously weakened’ estimated grades process

Leaving Cert 2022 to be held as exams only, as Foley rules out hybrid model

Timetable for ‘radically different’ exams this June to be published within days

‘Absolutely the wrong decision’: Move to return to traditional Leaving Cert criticised

Calls for Government to consider another hybrid Leaving Cert instead of written exams

Miriam Lord’s 2021 Awards: Coalition had to Sinn and bear it in the year of Mary Lou

Danny Healy-Rae left to his own device as Zapponegate saw Government rocked by a role

Miriam Lord: Will Michael D know it’s Christmas time at all?

President could be on the Bob Cratchit shift as Government leaves its shopping late

Primary schools report face mask compliance rates of 90-100%

Focus will be on ‘encouragement rather than enforcement’, says principals’ group head

Foley defends rollout of requirement for children over certain age to wear masks

Holohan appeals to parents to follow new rules as masks now mandatory in school from third class up

More than 7,000 requests for free antigen tests on first day of scheme

Use of tests in primary schools should have been embraced earlier, say Opposition politicians

Covid: primary schools to get antigen tests from November 29th

Coronavirus incidence surges among primary school-aged children

Disadvantaged secondary students ‘excluded’ from higher level subjects

One in five Deis post-primary schools does not have higher level maths or Irish classes

Delay in antigen testing for schools criticised by Labour

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin claims schools ‘at breaking point’ over difficulties finding substitute teachers

Legislation allowing for indoor hospitality restrictions to be retained as ‘safety net’

State on course to remove curbs on October 22nd but framework to remain for winter

Teachers support spreading Leaving Cert assessment over two-year period

Emphasis on project or practical work would reduce pressure ahead of written exams

Stardust fire: Families of 47 of 48 victims could be excluded from inquests, Dáil told

Agreement on legal funding for inquests into 1981 nightclub tragedy comes undone

Labour Party proposes return and expansion of town councils

Country ‘remains one of the most centralised states in Europe’, says enterprise spokesman

Huge coronavirus testing surge recorded among children

In just one week 32,000 walk-in and self-referral tests carried out on children

Plan to relax Covid-19 rules for children returning to school

As testing system comes under extreme pressure, Nphet considers easing of rules

State spends €147m a year on ‘hidden’ costs of drug misuse, research finds

Expenditure associated with hospitals, prisons, criminal justice system and productivity losses

Primary schools face oversupply of 13,000 teachers by end of decade

Plan to retrain primary teachers as special education tutors at second level

Dáil row over penalties for canvassing teachers on Leaving Cert

Sinn Féin and Labour clash during debate on legislation to provide for accredited grades

Return of secondary students on April 12th depends on fall in Covid-19 cases - Minister

Foley says there is ‘burden on all society’ to ensure schools fully reopen next month

Coronavirus: 575 new cases and 45 further deaths reported as 9,618 more vaccines given

‘We are still making progress’ Philip Nolan says as cases fall 8 per cent in a week

Teachers seek further talks following ‘serious concern’ over Leaving Cert plans

Students say decision brings ‘clarity, choice and compassion’ for class of 2021

Labour seeks ban on advertising by gambling companies

Party stops short of calling for immediate ban on sports sponsorship by sector

Miriam Lord: Ryan’s U-turn on Limerick road fails to keep Keating on board

Minister for Beer Gardens mortifies former hacks amid leaks of ridiculous proportions

ASTI agrees to further talks in bid to resolve Leaving Cert impasse

‘Students have to be the number one priority’ but issue to important for union to be outside talks - Taoiseach

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