Department of Education to receive €646m to fill budget hole
Other departments to contribute €446m while €200m drawn from contingency fund
Hildegarde Naughton
Student who applied for Braille books in transition year got them week before Leaving Cert
Jen Cummins says treatment of pupil ‘heartbreaking’ and says planned special education forum is just another ‘talking shop’
School patronage: Can Hildegarde Naughton succeed where six other education ministers have failed?
Much of the opposition to divestment has been at local level, strongly felt and expressed, even by non-practising parents happy with the status quo
Robert Watt set to be paid €280,000 a year to lead Dublin city regeneration body
Former Department of Health head expected to be approved by Cabinet on Tuesday
Gas company seeks to cut off supply to school that owes thousands in arrears, PAC hears
Some principals and teachers going to work two hours early to ‘mop out schools when it rains’
Boston Scientific invests €75m in R&D expansion in Galway
Group says latest investment will support medtech giant’s priority cardiovascular programmes as well as emerging areas of interest
Is it time to get religion out of the classroom?
Two in five parents of pupils in religious-run schools would prefer a multi-denominational ethos
Science teachers offered old telephone box to store chemicals, equipment and students’ work
Teachers express concern they do not have adequate training, resources or facilities for laboratory-based research
AI technology could render education a ‘wild, wild west’, says union official
New schools taskforce designed to examine evolving implications for teaching, learning and policy
Teachers must receive substantial pay rise, ‘no ifs or buts’, says ASTI
General secretary of second-level teachers’ union says Government has not moved on from mindset of austerity
Department of Education faces €500m deficit amid funding row
Minister for Public Expenditure drawing up proposals for levy on other departments to address underfunding
The Irish Times view on school divestment: painfully slow
A substantial minority do not want religious patronage and the State , has a duty to meet that demand
Education: More than 20,000 ASTI union members set ‘to be excluded’ from promotional posts
Contentious issue of roles to be established by Coalition to support students with Leaving Cert reforms surfaces at annual conference
‘My ability to work was taken from me’: Teacher still reeling from classroom incident
Episode led Sophie Cole to develop Complex Regional Pain Syndrome and become reliant on invalidity benefit aged just 30
Catholic school patrons open to change – but choice is theirs, Minister says
Government-commissioned survey found parental support for changing ethos in schools
Government departments are using AI, but one clear red line has been laid down
Ministers maintain human oversight remains a non-negotiable component in carrying out certain tasks
Large number of parents seek shift to multidenominational ethos in schools
Almost three-quarters of parents with children in single-sex schools said they would like to see those schools transition to coeducational
Serious row rages over existing spending levels as teachers demand more resources
Minister for Education seeks reset in her core budget while Department of Public Expenditure is concerned about rising costs of special needs education and school transport scheme
Teacher union conferences expected to focus on pay as inflation increases
Conferences also scheduled to consider workplace stress, school inspections, assaults on staff and impact of recruitment and retention crisis
Minister for Education seeks several hundred million in extra funds and budget ‘reset’
Additional money would go towards special education services and school transport scheme
Underfunding in education
Minister might well reflect on fact that virtually every household in the country will be ‘not adequately funded’ this year due to energy costs
‘I had to lose my daughter for everyone else to gain’: Students told of consequences of Coco’s Law
Some pupils were surprised to hear that the law also applies to minors
Minister for Education defends projected department overspend of up to €700m
Hildegarde Naughton makes ‘absolutely no apologies around the need to make sure we are adequately funded’
Department of Education’s €600m overspend to be bailed out by other departments’ budgets
The cost of the overspend will have to be met from reducing spending increases elsewhere – a development likely to infuriate Ministers
Teachers fear being fired if they speak out about religious discrimination
Schools may take action to stop teachers “undermining the religious ethos” of the school. This has a chilling effect
Minister defends education convention as more appropriate than Citizens’ Assembly
Hildegarde Naughton says Athlone meeting is ‘once-in-a-generation opportunity’ to shape Ireland’s education system
Expert panel on education will have children as full members for the first time
The Convention on Education will debate the future of education in Ireland, with children’s views carrying equal weight
Teacher suffered five broken teeth trying to keep child safe in classroom that was refused extra SNA
National Council for Special Education apologises for ‘any and all upset and uncertainty’ caused by review of SNA allocations
Having to reveal how voluntary contributions are spent is insulting to schools
The Minister for Education has chosen not to address the funding deficit, which is the essence of governance by distraction
Dáil sounded like a Formula 1 grand prix this week but was really a slow bicycle race
Inside Politics: Changes to rent regulations prompt high-decibel bad-tempered exchanges
Minster would have been ‘broadly aware’ letters on SNA numbers were being sent, committee told
Department of Education says communication problems contributed to controversy over staff redeployment plans
Short absences from school linked to lower Leaving Cert grades, study finds
Chronic absences at ages nine and 13 linked to depression and higher stress levels in early adult years
The Irish Times view on the SNA controversy: pitfalls and problems
If demand continues to rise it must be managed in a more structured way
Schools approved for additional SNA care will receive it, junior minister says
Any staff losses will be from September 1st, not ‘now or Easter’, Michael Moynihan says
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