The Irish Times

Knife crime: how can the problem be addressed without making it worse?

Officials warn well-intentioned initiatives could be counter-productive

Sat Sept 18 2021 - 01:00

Boy who fractured foot in woodwork class awarded €18,000

Court told saw had fallen off table at Larkin Community College in Dublin

Tue Oct 15 2019 - 14:50

Regency Hotel trial collapse adds to fears of Dublin’s north inner city

Locals worry Hutch-Kinahan feud will continue at a low level amid Garda wind-down

Fri Feb 22 2019 - 01:00

New project aims to boost inner city students’ chances of securing tech jobs

Schools to take part in programme to give students career pathways into digital economy

Fri Nov 16 2018 - 18:16

Shortlist for national portrait prize to go on show at National Gallery of Ireland

Photography features strongly, with Kim Haughton’s study of the late JP Donleavy, Fionn McCann’s Cezanne’s Apple and Mandy O’Neill’s striking study, Diane

Tue Oct 02 2018 - 05:00

Lucan teen born in direct provision had no school place since June

Place offered to boy is without special needs assistant and resources

Wed Nov 23 2016 - 11:26

Drama in the classroom is a primary concern

Drama in education aims to give students the tools to express themselves and imagine alternative worlds, but formal exposure to it stops after primary level

Mon Nov 02 2015 - 11:00

How to hook students with digital bait

A digital literacy ‘short course’, one of a range being developed for junior cycle, excites the students and links with their other subjects

Wed May 20 2015 - 06:00

The Abbey’s school project: ‘Only one of these students had even been to the theatre’

The Abbey’s Theatre-Making and Citizenship course has been piloted in an inner-city Dublin school, and the positive effects on students have been manifold

Tue Mar 10 2015 - 00:00