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<title type="html" ><![CDATA[TheJournal.ie]]></title>
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<updated>2013-05-23T17:33:55+01:00</updated>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Teachers ‘know pay negotiations will end up in compromise’]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/teachers-industrial-action-into-915062-May2013/" ></link>
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<updated>2013-05-23T17:33:55+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The General Secretary of the INTO said today that two issues of note were higher pay and the supervision allowance. ]]></summary>
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<author><name>Aoife Barry</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/aoife-barry/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[The Evening Fix… now with added deer on a city bus]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/evening-fix-abortion-hearings-mick-wallace-alan-shatter-913679-May2013/" ></link>
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<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/evening-fix-abortion-hearings-mick-wallace-alan-shatter-913679-May2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-23T17:33:55+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Here are the things we learned, loved and shared today. ]]></summary>
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<author><name>Christine Bohan</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/christine-bohan/</url>
</author>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Primary teachers votes for strike action if government cuts their pay]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/into-strike-lrc-talks-914055-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:4a2d6464-738a-1a86-8f9a-66001597c6db</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/into-strike-lrc-talks-914055-May2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-23T17:33:55+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The INTO also agreed to accept an invitation to go back to the talks table with the Labour Relations Commission. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Croke Park Agreement" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Education" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="INTO" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Labour Court" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Labour Relations Commission" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Sheila Nunan" />
<author><name>Amy Croffey</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/amy-croffey/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Top marks for the best primary school teachers in Irish sport]]></title>
<link href="http://thescore.thejournal.ie/best-primary-school-teachers-in-irish-sport-880133-Apr2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:5d988198-4d4c-a1dd-f242-7cb127f15f50</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://thescore.thejournal.ie/best-primary-school-teachers-in-irish-sport-880133-Apr2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-23T17:33:55+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[We pay tribute to the men and women that shape young minds and have shaped great sporting moments.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Football" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="GAA" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Hurling" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="INTO" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Irish Sport" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Paul Curran" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Top marks" />
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<author><name>Patrick McCarry</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/patrick-mccarry/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[The Evening Fix… now with added ways to test if your smile still works]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/evening-fix-savita-inquest-boston-manhunt-877367-Apr2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:0d3d2207-91b4-c549-9ffa-4677e5352891</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/evening-fix-savita-inquest-boston-manhunt-877367-Apr2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-23T17:33:55+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Here are the things we learned, loved and shared today… ]]></summary>
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<author><name>Christine Bohan</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/christine-bohan/</url>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Three teachers unions to ballot for industrial action including possible strikes ]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/asti-into-tui-teachers-industrial-action-strike-876975-Apr2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:1173444a-b3ea-c31b-95b0-2decda5a8797</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/asti-into-tui-teachers-industrial-action-strike-876975-Apr2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-23T17:33:55+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The executives of the ASTI, the TUI and the INTO have decided to begin balloting members next month. ]]></summary>
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<author><name>Hugh O'Connell</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/hugh-o'connell/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Column: ‘Over the past five years, I’ve seen the heart being torn from our schools’]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/teachers-croke-park-2-867480-Apr2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:1918a8a0-3016-9f01-410b-60b8506fa373</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/teachers-croke-park-2-867480-Apr2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-23T17:33:55+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Cuts to teachers’ salaries and increased taxation have left some of my colleagues just making ends meet, writes Carmel Hume. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Primary School" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Read Me" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Salaries" />
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<author><name>Carmel Hume</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/carmel-hume/</url>
</author>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Ruairí Quinn faces red cards and heckles during INTO address]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/minister-quinn-into-teacher-conference-croke-park-agreement-853131-Apr2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:0495ac10-3fef-54ae-a25a-457612ce6329</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/minister-quinn-into-teacher-conference-croke-park-agreement-853131-Apr2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-23T17:33:55+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The Minister for Education, Ruairí Quinn, was addressing the Irish National Teachers’ Organisation at their annual conference in Cork.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="INTO" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Irish National Teachers’ Organisation" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Minister for Education" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Ruairí Quinn" />
<author><name>Paul Hyland</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/paul-hyland/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Teachers discuss Croke Park II at conferences]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/teachers-discuss-croke-park-ii-at-conferences-852760-Apr2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:f6dcf80d-2fb3-d8ab-f8ce-8bfe4b43797f</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/teachers-discuss-croke-park-ii-at-conferences-852760-Apr2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/teachers-discuss-croke-park-ii-at-conferences-852760-Apr2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-23T17:33:55+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[INTO President spoke of “increasing anger” over education cuts. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Education" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="INTO" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Teachers" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="TUI" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Unions" />
<author><name>Sinead O'Carroll</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/sinead-o'carroll/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[INTO calls for all teachers to be given mental health training ]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/into-calls-for-all-teachers-to-be-given-mental-health-training-827867-Mar2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:58c55b08-b838-8e8f-aad0-8927e3b394d4</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/into-calls-for-all-teachers-to-be-given-mental-health-training-827867-Mar2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-23T17:33:55+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The training would mean that teachers could better deal with work colleagues who are experiencing mental health difficulties. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="INTO" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="INTO’s Equality Committee" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Mental Health" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="mental health difficulties" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Report" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Teacher" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Teachers" />
<author><name>Amy Croffey</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/amy-croffey/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Poll: Should preparation for sacraments remain the job of teachers?]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/your-say-poll-sacraments-communion-confirmation-into-827193-Mar2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:8ef7210b-3963-5a17-8468-bc1901772ab1</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/your-say-poll-sacraments-communion-confirmation-into-827193-Mar2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/your-say-poll-sacraments-communion-confirmation-into-827193-Mar2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-23T17:33:55+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Over 70 per cent of primary school teachers have said that they are spending longer than allocated on preparation for First Holy Communion and Confirmation. Should this be changed?]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="confirmation" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="First Holy Communion" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="INTO" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Primary School Teachers" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Sacraments" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Your Say" />
<author><name>Paul Hyland</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/paul-hyland/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[The 9 at 9: Monday]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/9-at-9-refuge-nicola-furlong-weather-wanring-india-magdalenes-fuel-poverty-827121-Mar2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:18696647-3bfe-03ce-8239-9cf86e44d2ff</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/9-at-9-refuge-nicola-furlong-weather-wanring-india-magdalenes-fuel-poverty-827121-Mar2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/9-at-9-refuge-nicola-furlong-weather-wanring-india-magdalenes-fuel-poverty-827121-Mar2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-23T17:33:55+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Good morning. Here are the nine stories you need to know as you start your day.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Justice for Magdalenes" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Kerry" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Met Éireann" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="New Delhi" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Nicola Furlong" />
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<author><name>Paul Hyland</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/paul-hyland/</url>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Bullied: The experts’ advice on what to do if you have been affected by bullying]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/advice-if-you-are-being-bullied-681560-Mar2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:be8ff2ed-4f12-3140-65e1-e485f19640d0</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/advice-if-you-are-being-bullied-681560-Mar2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-23T17:33:55+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Following what you told us about your bullying experiences, we asked the experts for advice. Here’s what they said. ]]></summary>
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<author><name>Christina Finn</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/christina-finn/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Primary teachers’ union won’t recommend how to vote on Croke Park]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/into-no-recommendation-croke-park-2-816233-Mar2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:aec4e255-c1ef-3efa-3acc-ba4b66730c10</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/into-no-recommendation-croke-park-2-816233-Mar2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/into-no-recommendation-croke-park-2-816233-Mar2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-23T17:33:55+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The executive of INTO, which has 32,000 members in the Republic, will ballot its members without a formal recommendation.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[The 9 at 9: Saturday]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/9-at-9-domestic-abuse-drunk-tds-816217-Mar2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:a08f3f44-63df-f0f2-7931-df2f3b48bb70</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/9-at-9-domestic-abuse-drunk-tds-816217-Mar2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/9-at-9-domestic-abuse-drunk-tds-816217-Mar2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-23T17:33:55+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Good morning! Here are the nine things you need to know as you begin your day.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[How do workers decide whether Croke Park II is approved?]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/croke-park-2-ratification-process-810286-Mar2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:116c652a-1ae0-da5b-8ace-7109cdefa5c5</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/croke-park-2-ratification-process-810286-Mar2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/croke-park-2-ratification-process-810286-Mar2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-23T17:33:55+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The working conditions of 292,000 public workers could changed by the new proposals. So what happens now?]]></summary>
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<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[The 9 at 9: Thursday]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/9-at-9-bank-bonus-repossessions-croke-park-hsa-syria-psni-813078-Feb2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:afcb2539-5b76-3e38-9802-4ff3d73bfa10</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/9-at-9-bank-bonus-repossessions-croke-park-hsa-syria-psni-813078-Feb2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/9-at-9-bank-bonus-repossessions-croke-park-hsa-syria-psni-813078-Feb2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-23T17:33:55+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Good morning. Here are nine things to know as you start your day.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Paul Hyland</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/paul-hyland/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Impact to meet today as more unions oppose Croke Park II]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/impact-croke-park-ii-trade-unions-813076-Feb2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:eeb2e5f0-3dda-f417-6469-ef78d47f64aa</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/impact-croke-park-ii-trade-unions-813076-Feb2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/impact-croke-park-ii-trade-unions-813076-Feb2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-23T17:33:55+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[There is growing opposition to the proposed deal on cuts and reforms to public sector pay and conditions but the support of Impact and Siptu will be crucial for the government. ]]></summary>
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<author><name>Hugh O'Connell</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/hugh-o'connell/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[International study shows parental need to help child literacy]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/ireland-child-literacy-734989-Dec2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:1de4b7ba-2141-e49e-e66d-7a9b3f4d9f66</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/ireland-child-literacy-734989-Dec2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/ireland-child-literacy-734989-Dec2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-23T17:33:55+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The presence of study aids and an encouraged love of reading are helping improve literacy among Ireland’s schoolchildren.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Irish National Teachers Organisation" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Literacy" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="PIRLS" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Progress in International Reading Literacy Study" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Sheila Nunan" />
<author><name>Paul Hyland</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/paul-hyland/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[PHOTOS: Teachers protest over class sizes and unequal pay]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/teachers-protest-dublin-valuing-education-648420-Oct2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:b5555e66-cd3f-0cd6-bc13-4841edc1a6b8</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/teachers-protest-dublin-valuing-education-648420-Oct2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/teachers-protest-dublin-valuing-education-648420-Oct2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-23T17:33:55+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The three main teachers’ unions held the rally at Leinster House, demanding ‘equal pay for equal work’.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Valuing Education protest to be held near Dáil today ]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/education-protest-dublin-647608-Oct2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:519d3f07-07e7-f306-3cfa-88cfdff87454</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/education-protest-dublin-647608-Oct2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/education-protest-dublin-647608-Oct2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-23T17:33:55+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The pre-Budget rally will look at a number of issues, including pay for young teachers. ]]></summary>
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<author><name>Aoife Barry</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/aoife-barry/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Teachers’ unions criticise allowance decisions as cuts to salary]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/into-criticises-allowances-600301-Sep2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:34c92bab-72bb-9f75-6129-c01651dd336e</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/into-criticises-allowances-600301-Sep2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/into-criticises-allowances-600301-Sep2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-23T17:33:55+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The Irish National Teachers’ Organisation says enforcing cuts originally introduced in the Budget means a third successive pay cut.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Allowances" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Education" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Primary teachers" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Public Service" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Teachers" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Teachers' salaries" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Primary teachers warn against Budget cuts to disadvantaged schools]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/into-warning-deis-schools-budget-2013-598294-Sep2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:b2a827a9-f749-4bdf-83ff-df31d719ebb6</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/into-warning-deis-schools-budget-2013-598294-Sep2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/into-warning-deis-schools-budget-2013-598294-Sep2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-23T17:33:55+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The Irish National Teachers’ Organisation says Ruairí Quinn must learn from the furore over last year’s cuts to Deis schools.]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s3.jrnl.ie/media/2012/09/deis-school-protests-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Budget 2013" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="DEIS schools" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Disadvantaged schools" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Education" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="INTO" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Noel WArd" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Primary Schools" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Teachers sought increase in breastfeeding time allowance]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/teachers-sought-increase-in-breastfeeding-time-allowance-421646-Apr2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:865ce015-112f-d250-24ce-e753dbf5cbd2</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/teachers-sought-increase-in-breastfeeding-time-allowance-421646-Apr2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/teachers-sought-increase-in-breastfeeding-time-allowance-421646-Apr2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-23T17:33:55+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[INTO conference motion from Enniscorthy district sought to double teachers’ breastfeeding time entitlements. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Education" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Employment rights" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Euro" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="INTO Conference" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Maternity Protection Regulations" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Parenting" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Teachers" />
<author><name>Christina Finn</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/christina-finn/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Ruairi Quinn refuses to rule out cuts to teacher allowances]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/ruairi-quinn-refuses-to-rule-out-cuts-to-teacher-allowances-413605-Apr2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:a0d70d98-b8eb-53d1-b1bc-b0199fcd2c6e</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/ruairi-quinn-refuses-to-rule-out-cuts-to-teacher-allowances-413605-Apr2012/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-23T17:33:55+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The Minister for Education said Fine Gael Senator Fidelma Healy-Eames was ‘misinformed’ in her criticism of his policies. ]]></summary>
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<author><name>Christine Bohan</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/christine-bohan/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Column: Smart economy? Schools are so hamstrung they’re cutting subjects]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-smart-economy-schools-are-so-hamstrung-they%e2%80%99re-cutting-subjects-412972-Apr2012/" ></link>
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<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-smart-economy-schools-are-so-hamstrung-they%e2%80%99re-cutting-subjects-412972-Apr2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-23T17:33:55+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[If we want that ‘knowledge economy’ we’re always hearing about, the Government needs a serious change of direction, writes Aaron McKenna.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Aaron McKenna</name>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[The Daily Fix: Tuesday]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/the-daily-fix-tuesday-51-413366-Apr2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:e95a93dd-3253-cccc-de18-1cc05d62f93a</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/the-daily-fix-tuesday-51-413366-Apr2012/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-23T17:33:55+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[All the biggest news stories from the day, as well as the few bits and pieces you might not have seen. ]]></summary>
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<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Silent protest held as Quinn speaks at INTO conference]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/silent-protest-held-as-quinn-speaks-at-into-conference-412457-Apr2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:ca9b4207-e8b0-cb40-2209-aaff86802bcc</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/silent-protest-held-as-quinn-speaks-at-into-conference-412457-Apr2012/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-23T17:33:55+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The Education Minister was speaking to hundreds of primary school teachers at the INTO conference today when a group stood and held banners that included slogans like “save our schools”. ]]></summary>
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<author><name>Aoife Barry</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/aoife-barry/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Three teacher conferences to take place this week]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/three-teacher-conferences-to-take-place-this-week-412270-Apr2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:1a0aae93-fe0d-46b0-2cb2-9f1009da00ea</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/three-teacher-conferences-to-take-place-this-week-412270-Apr2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/three-teacher-conferences-to-take-place-this-week-412270-Apr2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-23T17:33:55+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The INTO will debate a motion demanding that the guarantees under the Croke Park Agreement that there will be no further pay cuts or compulsory redundancies will continue to apply – or they will ballot for industrial action. ]]></summary>
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<author><name>Aoife Barry</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/aoife-barry/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Teachers ask Govt to keep its side of Croke Park Agreement]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/teachers-ask-govt-to-keep-its-side-of-croke-park-agreement-411994-Apr2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:9ce47852-f2f1-c75d-2fa6-0e89787e18e5</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/teachers-ask-govt-to-keep-its-side-of-croke-park-agreement-411994-Apr2012/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-23T17:33:55+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[INTO president Noreen Flynn made the comment at the union’s congress in Killarney today. She said that the Croke Park Agreement “has delivered so far”.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Aoife Barry</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/aoife-barry/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Teachers call for reduced Church control of schools]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/teachers-call-for-less-church-control-of-schools-411646-Apr2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:6d193c28-37ea-711a-8ed2-fc748b1f266f</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/teachers-call-for-less-church-control-of-schools-411646-Apr2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/teachers-call-for-less-church-control-of-schools-411646-Apr2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-23T17:33:55+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Primary school teachers will also vote on a motion to maintain their pay levels as set out under the Croke Park deal.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Michael Freeman</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/michael-freeman/</url>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Teacher healthcare service cost Dept of Education €1m last year]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/teacher-healthcare-service-cost-dept-of-education-e1m-last-year-381575-Mar2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:ace9b848-6ffc-7302-0731-0d28caa16f60</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/teacher-healthcare-service-cost-dept-of-education-e1m-last-year-381575-Mar2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/teacher-healthcare-service-cost-dept-of-education-e1m-last-year-381575-Mar2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-23T17:33:55+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The department said that the system has led to a 15 per cent reduction in teacher absenteeism over four years. ]]></summary>
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<author><name>Susan Ryan</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/susan-ryan/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[The 5 at 5: Monday]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/the-5-at-5-monday-19-381807-Mar2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:a86479f5-fccb-717e-66f3-49cfb75eb0c2</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/the-5-at-5-monday-19-381807-Mar2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/the-5-at-5-monday-19-381807-Mar2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-23T17:33:55+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…]]></summary>
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<author><name>Christine Bohan</name>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Hundreds gather at Dáil for protest against small school cuts]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/hundreds-gather-at-dail-for-protest-against-small-school-cuts-343806-Feb2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:c3be8ad6-c348-07b9-5b52-0f0b6b92b089</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/hundreds-gather-at-dail-for-protest-against-small-school-cuts-343806-Feb2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/hundreds-gather-at-dail-for-protest-against-small-school-cuts-343806-Feb2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-23T17:33:55+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Demonstrators believe planned staffing cuts will lead to large class size increases – and fear some schools could close down altogether.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Mick Wallace" />
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<author><name>Michael Freeman</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/michael-freeman/</url>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[School cuts will lead to ‘huge increases’ in class sizes, teachers say]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/school-cuts-will-lead-to-huge-increases-in-class-sizes-teachers-say-341562-Jan2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:cabb48b3-ec02-d0dd-92fe-333c618d1b19</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/school-cuts-will-lead-to-huge-increases-in-class-sizes-teachers-say-341562-Jan2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/school-cuts-will-lead-to-huge-increases-in-class-sizes-teachers-say-341562-Jan2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-23T17:33:55+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The Irish National Teachers’ Organisation has strongly criticised staffing cuts set out by Minister Ruairí Quinn.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Michael Freeman</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/michael-freeman/</url>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Budget 2012 will ‘devastate’ disadvantaged schools – INTO]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/budget-2012-will-devastate-disadvantaged-schools-into-303145-Dec2011/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:dc2a602a-d444-d9ca-b0d9-3c20f4d75e60</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/budget-2012-will-devastate-disadvantaged-schools-into-303145-Dec2011/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/budget-2012-will-devastate-disadvantaged-schools-into-303145-Dec2011/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-23T17:33:55+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The teachers’ union has said that disadvantaged schools will lose hundreds of teaching posts – which will instead be reallocated to schools in better off areas. ]]></summary>
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<author><name>Christine Bohan</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/christine-bohan/</url>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Teachers attack ‘larcenous’ and ‘unjust’ plans for public pension reform]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/teachers-attack-larcenous-and-unjust-plans-for-public-pension-reform-240913-Sep2011/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:d0cf3008-8d4f-961c-e1ea-027376ceaf58</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/teachers-attack-larcenous-and-unjust-plans-for-public-pension-reform-240913-Sep2011/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/teachers-attack-larcenous-and-unjust-plans-for-public-pension-reform-240913-Sep2011/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-23T17:33:55+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Unions claim a new reform of pensions mean that new teachers will pay more into their pension funds than they’ll get back out.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
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<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Government proposes ‘far-reaching transformation’ of public sector pensions]]></title>
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<updated>2013-05-23T17:33:55+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[But one trade union has strongly criticised the reforms which it is estimated will save €1.8 billion per year. ]]></summary>
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<author><name>Hugh O'Connell</name>
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<title type="html" ><![CDATA[85 per cent of primary pupils ‘in classes larger than EU average’]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/85-per-cent-of-primary-pupils-in-classes-larger-than-eu-average-236819-Sep2011/" ></link>
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<updated>2013-05-23T17:33:55+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The INTO says the figures are “shocking”, and should serve as a “wake-up call” to the government ahead of the next Budget.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
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<title type="html" ><![CDATA[250 language support teachers will be out of a job in September ]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/250-language-support-teachers-will-be-out-of-a-job-in-september-141035-May2011/" ></link>
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<updated>2013-05-23T17:33:55+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[In a surprise move, the Department of Education has doubled the number of language teachers to be cut. It says the public service recruitment embargo means that the posts must be transferred elsewhere. ]]></summary>
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<author><name>Emer McLysaght</name>
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