The Irish Times

Department of Foreign Affairs staff held champagne event during lockdown

Gathering took place after Ireland elected to the UN Security Council in June 2020

Wed Dec 29 2021 - 03:00

Foley launches project where small rural primary schools will work in ‘clusters’

Pilot project involves total of 24 schools in Donegal, Galway, Kerry, Wicklow and Waterford, and will begin in new school term

Tue Aug 03 2021 - 00:15

Over a million pupils in England out of school because of coronavirus

Mixed messages from government over need to self-isolate if ‘pinged’ by Covid tracker app

Tue Jul 20 2021 - 18:27

UK government announces end of classroom bubbles in England

Education secretary says system is causing disruption to children; teachers’ unions criticise move

Tue Jul 06 2021 - 19:02

The Irish Times view on the UK exams row: The latest scapegoats

Although there will be little public sympathy for the mandarins, the remorseless driving out by the Tories’ current leadership of competent people from both the civil service and cabinet will only make government more dysfunctional than it already is

Mon Aug 31 2020 - 00:02

British government conducts humiliating U-turn on A-level results

Grades for thousands of students in England will now be based on teachers’ assessments

Mon Aug 17 2020 - 17:23

UK government slated over education ‘Punch and Judy show’

Backlash comes after regulator shelves appeals policy on A-level and GCSE grades

Sun Aug 16 2020 - 21:04

I’m drawn to teaching, but some say it’s not lucrative. Can you offer any advice?

Ask Brian: Love of learning is essential to a sustainable career in teaching

Tue Sept 17 2019 - 00:00

Corbyn agrees united response to block Johnson election bid

House of Lords approves Bill seeking to block no-deal by forcing PM to delay Brexit again

Fri Sept 06 2019 - 19:43

Students walk 10kms in protest over lack of school bus places

A dozen post-primary students in Meath village have no school bus service this year

Mon Sept 03 2018 - 11:52

MPs call for police investigation into Presidents Club scandal

Scotland Yard asked to investigate whether sexual harassment and pimping occurred

Thu Jan 25 2018 - 19:55

Presidents Club to shut after Dorchester charity gala harassment claims

Trustee quits UK education department; Great Ormond Street returns donations

Wed Jan 24 2018 - 20:30

Number of children sexually abusing other children rises in UK

Reports of ‘peer on peer’ abuse rose by 71 per cent in England and Wales last year

Mon Oct 09 2017 - 12:12

Brexit minister says UK could still walk away with no deal

British prime minister Theresa May forced to promote Brexit hardliners following election

Mon Jun 12 2017 - 11:37

Prolific paedophile pleads guilty to 45 charges in UK and abroad

Retired teacher admits to catalogue of abuse against children in Thailand and UK

Wed Feb 01 2017 - 15:52

Theresa May resorts to populist posturing as she baits Fifa

Poppy issue a handy diversion from government inaction in health/sport arena

Sat Nov 05 2016 - 08:00

Man fined for taking daughter on term-time holiday wins UK ruling

Jon Platt fined £120 by Isle of Wight council after taking girl out of school for Florida trip

Fri May 13 2016 - 15:16

My ‘terrorist house’: Muslim boy questioned after misspelling terraced

Boy (10) intended to write ‘terraced’ during English lesson at Lancashire school in UK

Wed Jan 20 2016 - 11:40

PPS number provides way to vastly improve online safety of children

In Ireland the average age at which children start using the internet is nine years

Mon May 04 2015 - 01:30

Prosecution for taking kids on ‘term-time holiday’ defended

English court convicts parents after children miss 13 days of school while in Australia

Fri Jul 11 2014 - 21:02

It’s time to start teaching philosophy as a formal subject in our secondary schools

People not taught how to think will do it anyway; they’ll just do it badly

Thu Aug 01 2013 - 01:00