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Saturday 28 November 2020
Thousands of people have signed a petition in protest over the situation.
The schools will open next September.
A Department of Education official said today the practice is to be “limited solely to those circumstances where it is absolutely necessary”.
Students can also apply to sit the postponed exams in November.
The man is due to appear before a special sitting of Longford District Court this evening.
Many children, and parents, are anxious about schools reopening.
The average debt for parents to cover back-to-school costs is €397.
The scheme has been extended to include families on the Pandemic Unemployment Payment.
The aim is that if a student contracts the virus, then only their pod or classroom would have to be sent home to self-isolate.
Some European countries continue providing school meals throughout the summer.
Misha McEnaney is a fifth class student. He outlines why he believes homework should be banned for all children.
In the first of a series of columns, track cyclist Mark Downey gives his thoughts on Tokyo 2020′s postponement.
A school in Dublin today began a two-week closing period after a pupil was diagnosed with Covid-19.
Schools are being constantly updated by the HSE regarding the outbreak.
It is understood the fire took place at the former O’Growney National School.
The project is on display at the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition this week.
Missiles fired by Syrian regime forces killed eight civilians today, a war monitor has said.
Almost 940,000 pupils are enrolled in primary and post-primary schools in Ireland.
Talks broke down between the Department of Education and Fórsa at the Workplace Relations Commission this week.
Other children who attended a nearby school were also injured in the fatal collision.
73% of LGBT+ students surveyed said they feel unsafe at school.
Maths, Irish and English are currently the only compulsory subjects, bar some exceptions.
The boy in question has special needs and is on the autism spectrum.
The father took the gender discrimination case under the Equal Status Act at the Workplace Relations Commission.
The grandmother of one of the children said the child was arrested after she threw a temper tantrum and kicked somebody.
Secretaries are calling for better pay and conditions from the Department of Education.
The board has said teacher shortages led to the decision to have most subjects taught in English.
Most school secretaries are not paid by the Department of Education directly.
The boy struck one of the staff members at the school with a hurl, the court heard.
With schools set to return next week, hundreds of pupils across Ireland have yet to be given a place.
As things stand, the contribution is needed to keep school doors open, writes Joseph A Moynihan.
Parents can be asked to pay between €60 to €115.
The teenager was expelled by the school’s board of management in November 2018.
That’s according to the Barnardos School Costs Survey, published today.
Lee Fetherson, now aged 20, was expelled from the school immediately after the attack on 10 March 2017.
The woman, who is in her 30s, was convicted at Dublin District Court of neglecting the boy’s education.
The child has a 67% absent rate in this school year.
The second-year student was expelled from the secondary school he attended late last year.
We need to know.
New research has found that four in 10 children in Ireland own a mobile phone by the age of nine.
ONE OF THE most eagerly anticipated nights of the Irish TV year is finally here, with not even 2020 being able to stop the broadcast of the Late Late Toy Show.
Covid-19 restrictions mean it will be a different kind of show this year, but it still promises to be a special night – perhaps more so than usual given the year we’ve had.
For the day that’s in it, we’re asking: Will you watch the Late Late Toy Show?
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