Josepha Madigan

Authorities scramble to open new special-needs classes and schools for 100 children

New places will open as soon as possible, says Josepha Madigan

Wed Aug 24 2022 - 12:05

About 4,000 vulnerable children waiting on assessments to get school places

About 4,000 children waiting on a diagnostic assessment to get a school place, Oireachtas Committee hears

Tue Jul 05 2022 - 16:51

Department to engage ‘intensely’ with schools to open special classes - Foley

More than 100 children with special educational needs do not have an appropriate school place

Fri Jul 01 2022 - 15:27

Over 700 objections lodged against €466m Dundrum apartment ‘concrete jungle’

Scheme includes ‘landmark’ 16-storey tower block at northernmost point of site

Tue May 24 2022 - 19:22

‘Political climate change’ of Brexit will go on forever, Varadkar says

Tánaiste tells Fine Gael TDs and Senators that NMH paused helped to reassure people

Wed May 18 2022 - 20:54

Up to 80 children with special needs in Dublin without school places

Taoiseach apologises to family without appropriate education for seven years

Wed May 18 2022 - 19:39

Taoiseach apologises in Dáil to Milne family over State failure

Parents unable to place twins in special school despite autism and learning difficulties

Wed May 18 2022 - 14:49

Schools may be forced to open places for special needs children – Madigan

‘No other option’ but to take ‘substantive action’, says Minister of State for Special Education

Tue May 17 2022 - 22:24

Several private schools in south Dublin plan to enrol students with special needs for first time

Funded special classes to be established in private sector with fees waived

Wed Mar 23 2022 - 00:00

Three Ministers unable to make Patrick’s Day trips due to Covid-19

Harris, McConalogue and Chambers test positive for virus along with Taoiseach

Thu Mar 17 2022 - 17:46

Women won’t be equal as long as they continue to ‘live in fear’ - Minister Josepha Madigan

Violence against women was recurring theme at events marking International Women’s Day

Tue Mar 08 2022 - 20:24

Alan Kelly departure: Why, and why now?

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

Thu Mar 03 2022 - 07:28

Meeting of minds – Lara Marlowe on an Irish visit to a French vocational training school

An Irishwoman’s Diary

Sun Feb 20 2022 - 19:15

Military investigators interviewed up to 100 people over barracks event

Minister for Defence asks senior counsel to conduct external review on June 2020 barbecue

Wed Feb 09 2022 - 01:54

Women TDs call on men to ‘take stand’ against gender-based violence

Politicians express horror at killing of Offaly teacher Ashling Murphy

Thu Jan 13 2022 - 23:44

Law on education for children with disabilities to be reviewed

Failure to fully commence law means children miss out on vital services, say campaigners

Mon Dec 20 2021 - 00:00

Children with additional needs to be exempt from face mask requirement

Face masks for over nines expected to be on Cabinet agenda for discussion on Tuesday

Mon Nov 29 2021 - 19:50

‘Serious upskilling is required’: Schools adjust to rapid growth in special classes

The number of pupils in such classes is up 400% in a decade, but training lags behind

Tue Nov 09 2021 - 00:00

Hundreds of schools in disadvantaged areas to be added to Deis scheme

Special education to account for a quarter of Department of Education spend in 2022

Wed Oct 13 2021 - 18:52

Budget 2022: Pupil-teacher ratio to fall to lowest level on record

Student grants to increase by €200 next year in first major change to scheme in a decade

Tue Oct 12 2021 - 16:30