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# junior-cycle - Tuesday 18 February, 2020
All first-year students will have to study history as part of the Junior Cycle from September
History is now a core subject on the Junior Cycle.
# junior-cycle - Wednesday 25 September, 2019
Review of junior cycle History recommends it should remain as an optional subject
The minister announced last year that he requested a review into the subject’s status.
Poll: Should History be compulsory for Junior Cycle students?
The subject became optional for students last September.
# junior-cycle - Saturday 5 May, 2018
The past isn't the past, it's not even over: We can't discard Junior Cert History
Author John Connell agrees with President Higgins that making the study of History optional at junior cycle is to lose a part of our national identity.
# junior-cycle - Monday 4 September, 2017
Changes to the Junior Cycle include a 'wellbeing programme' for students
A new emphasis on spoken Irish will also be introduced.
# junior-cycle - Thursday 24 September, 2015
Jan O'Sullivan is 'absolutely determined' to continue Junior Cert reform despite union opposition
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the classroom…
# junior-cycle - Thursday 7 May, 2015
Today's top stories in 7 seconds
Don’t have time to mull over the news? Here’s everything you need to know.
# junior-cycle - Friday 6 February, 2015
Teacher unions to consider new proposals on junior cycle reform
Will it mean peace in our time?
# junior-cycle - Thursday 29 January, 2015
Opinion: Can we really trust that Junior Cycle reform isn't linked to the austerity agenda?
We live in a time of austerity – and education is being targeted along with other elements of society.
Poll: Should teachers mark their own students for State exams?
Talks on the Junior Cycle dispute are getting underway today.
# junior-cycle - Tuesday 13 January, 2015
Poll: Should teachers be banned from going on strike?
Second level teachers are set to stage another day of strike action later this month.
# junior-cycle - Friday 12 December, 2014
Secondary school teachers are going on strike for a second day
Teachers will hold their second strike on Thursday 22 January.
# junior-cycle - Monday 8 December, 2014
The forgotten voice: a student’s opinion of the Junior Cycle
In the bickering between unions and government, one voice is often lacking: that of the student.
# junior-cycle - Tuesday 2 December, 2014
Opinion: 'I want to support my students, I don't want to judge them'
Times are changing, as is teaching, but we can’t lose sight of what’s important; instilling a love of learning in our students.
# junior-cycle - Saturday 15 November, 2014
Opinion: Changes to the Junior Cycle will produce a creative, proactive generation
Real education is not present when rote-learning is encouraged and facilitated.
# junior-cycle - Friday 14 November, 2014
Secondary teachers are going on strike in December
Two days of action are going ahead. The first is on 2 December.
Opinion: Teachers should grasp this unique opportunity to engage with young learners
The current Junior Cycle reform impasse presents teacher unions with an opportunity to show creative leadership.
# junior-cycle - Wednesday 12 November, 2014
Today's top stories in 6 seconds
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# junior-cycle - Tuesday 7 October, 2014
"Last resort": Teachers could strike over Junior Cert reforms
The Department of Education said that talks are ongoing between the Minister and teachers.
# junior-cycle - Thursday 7 August, 2014
Opinion: What’s the point in learning about history?
Every History teacher in the country can attest to hearing the Dreaded Question at least once a year: “What’s the point in learning about this?”
# junior-cycle - Thursday 17 July, 2014
Hundreds of teachers won't be trained for the new English curriculum by September
It has prompted renewed calls from the opposition for changes to the Junior Cycle to be delayed.
# junior-cycle - Tuesday 22 April, 2014
Education Minister faces sustained heckling and booing as he speaks to secondary teachers
The minister had earlier today faced the ire of primary teachers.
# junior-cycle - Thursday 17 April, 2014
Majority of teachers say schools won't be able to cope with new Junior Cycle
Schools don’t have the capacity to deal with the changes due to be brought in this September, teachers said in a new survey.
# junior-cycle - Monday 31 March, 2014
Column: Student politics is key to civic participation in later life
With the right support, we can raise a new generation of politically aware citizens eager to reinvigorate the electorate, writes Clive Byrne.
# junior-cycle - Friday 21 February, 2014
Here’s What Happened Today: Friday
Everyone’s talking about Alan Shatter, tragic workplace accidents and angry Ryanair customers.
Teachers to hold "symbolic" lunchtime protests over new Junior Cycle
A teacher will remain in the school to supervise students during the protests.
# junior-cycle - Sunday 19 January, 2014
Quinn prepared to have Dept officials meet with concerned teachers
Teachers have expressed their concern about the implementation of the new Junior Cycle Student Award, which will replace the Junior Cert.
# junior-cycle - Friday 17 January, 2014
Key questions on new Junior Cycle Student Award 'unanswered'
The Minister for Education thinks that implementing the plan is going well, the teachers don’t.
# junior-cycle - Wednesday 15 January, 2014
First it was ‘The Inter’, then it was the Junior Cert… now it’s got a new name…
Irish people will soon have a new method of figuring out each other’s ages, Education Minister Ruairí Quinn confirmed this morning…
# junior-cycle - Wednesday 27 November, 2013
"Initiative overload": ASTI bring Junior Cycle concerns to TDs and Senators
Teachers say they have major concerns about how the plans will be implemented. Initial talks with the Department took place on Monday.
# junior-cycle - Thursday 4 October, 2012
Poll: Do you support an overhaul of the Junior Cycle?
Ruairí Quinn is to outline a “major overhaul” of the Junior Cycle today, which is expected to include the abolishing of the State exam.
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Poll: Are you opposed to co-living developments in Ireland?
RESIDENTS IN DUBLIN have written to An Bord Pleanála in a bid to stop a co-living development popping up in their North Inner City neighbourhood.
Co-living projects – where residents have their own unit of residence with bed and bathroom but share communal cooking and living areas – have been a controversial concept in Ireland with some describing them as modern tenements and a poor response to the housing crisis.
Developers, however, insist co-living units will make up a small proportion of the housing market, will appeal to younger working professionals, and were never designed in response to the housing crisis.
So today we’re asking: Are you opposed to co-living developments in Ireland?
Poll Results:
Yes, I'd prefer to see more houses and apartments (9466)
No, I think they should be part of the market (3930)
I'm not sure (870)
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