# School

Last month

September 2023

# memory games

Eamon Ryan says school exam system 'not serving our purposes'

Secondary school in Ireland is too exam-focused and needs to be broadened, the Green Party leader insisted.

11.9k

Sep 23rd 2023, 12:05 AM

# Bus Eireann

Bus Éireann stands over ban on over-70s school bus drivers amid shortage

The school bus service is experiencing shortages of drivers as schools return for the academic year.

24.6k

Sep 6th 2023, 7:11 PM

This year

2023

# Results Day

Leaving Cert results: Grades adjusted upwards again due to pandemic disruption for students

71% of all grades went up with the adjustment, compared to just over 50% in 2022.

29.0k

Updated

Aug 25th 2023, 8:34 AM

# Growing Up

Pandemic had no impact on the 'vast majority' of 13-year-olds' transition to secondary school

Just under 100% of 13-year-olds agreed that they had made new friends in second-level education.

12.4k

Jul 10th 2023, 6:30 AM

# Ukraine

There were over 15,600 Ukrainian pupils enrolled in Irish schools at end of school year

Dublin schools have seen the most enrolments of Ukrainian pupils.

12.0k

Jul 10th 2023, 6:00 AM

Voices

Parenting: No more school lunches to be made? Praise be!

Mum Margaret Lynch says she’s tried every which way to make healthy lunches for school, but has had to just admit defeat.

31.6k

Updated

Jul 1st 2023, 10:26 AM

Voices

Opinion: Young people deserve and need sound guidance on healthy relationships and sex

Ciara Lynch of the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre says what is increasingly clear is that society needs to get real on sex education for children and young people.

10.2k

May 22nd 2023, 7:00 PM

# WRC

SNA who resigned after alleged 'miscarriage' remark had 'little faith' in complaints process

The Waterford and Wexford Education and Training Board has maintained it has always handled complaints by staff correctly.

46.9k

May 14th 2023, 7:01 AM

Voices

Parent: 'When she can’t figure something out for homework, we head into nuclear meltdown'

Mum Margaret Lynch looks at the debate around homework and asks if it really is serving everyone involved.

26.3k

Apr 8th 2023, 7:00 AM

# Schools

Teachers who qualified abroad able to register in Ireland amid staffing shortages

The Teaching Council is trying to increase the supply of registered teachers.

28.8k

Jan 30th 2023, 4:53 PM

# factcheck

Debunked: No, refugees are not still being housed at a school in Drimnagh

A number of social media posts incorrectly claimed that pupils may not be able to return to the school today, prompting protests.

18.4k

Jan 5th 2023, 5:03 PM

Last year

2022

# Courts

Girl takes High Court action against primary school over alleged failure to stop harassment from male student

The action follows concern for the girl’s safety on the school premises.

38.2k

Dec 14th 2022, 8:00 PM

# school books

School books free at primary level next September but exclusion of secondary criticised as 'baffling'

The initiative comes following years of lobbying by parents’ groups and charities.

11.6k

Updated

Sep 27th 2022, 4:46 PM

# School Buses

Tánaiste suggests 'nominal fee' for school bus tickets next year

Free school transport was announced by Government during the summer.

13.9k

Sep 15th 2022, 2:21 PM

# Poll

Poll: How fondly do you remember your school days?

Does the start of the school term make you nostalgic?

34.3k

Sep 6th 2022, 10:19 AM

# Cost of Living

'We've no way to buy cheaper uniforms': Parents facing price hikes ahead of new school term

Poverty campaigners and parents’ groups fear that back-to-school costs will be compounded this year by the cost-of-living crisis.

Poverty campaigners and parents’ groups frequently highlight the cost of going back to school every summer.

There are growing fears that the cost-of-living crisis will place an additional burden on parents, Emer Moreau writes.

17.3k

Jul 5th 2022, 6:30 AM

# Robb Elementary

Uvalde school where mass shooting took place to be demolished

Meanwhile US senators have reached an agreement on a bipartisan gun violence bill.

19.3k

Updated

Jun 22nd 2022, 8:00 AM

# Afghanistan

Six people killed in blasts at boys' school in Kabul

At least 11 other people were wounded by two bomb blasts at a boys’ school in the Afghan capital of Kabul.

9.5k

Updated

Apr 19th 2022, 2:35 PM

# Afghanistan

Taliban announcement a clear sign girls will be allowed to return to school

The international community has appealed to Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to allow girls to return to school.

18.3k

Mar 21st 2022, 9:20 PM

All time

Voices

Opinion: We owe teachers our thanks for the last two years whether we give them gifts or not

Whether parents buy something – or not – for their children’s teachers, Margaret Lynch says it’s important to thank them.

56.2k

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Dec 11th 2021, 7:00 AM

# student options

There's a 'national obsession' with the points race, says Harris highlighting CAO changes

The new enhanced CAO website now includes Further Education and Apprenticeship options.

14.5k

Nov 5th 2021, 1:02 PM

# Consent

9 in 10 teenage girls aged 15-17 agree consent is always required for sexual activity

The results of the new Consent Communication study by NUI Galway’s Active* Consent programme.

25.9k

Aug 24th 2021, 6:00 AM

# Your Say

Poll: Should students wear school uniforms?

Business owner Louisa Meehan says the arguments in favour of school uniforms don’t stack up anymore.

57.2k

Apr 9th 2021, 9:24 AM

Voices

Opinion: Forget the school uniform - it's outdated and out of touch with the real world

Business owner Louisa Meehan says the arguments in favour of school uniforms don’t stack up anymore.

42.6k

Apr 8th 2021, 7:28 PM

# Boris Johnson

Summer schools part of England's plan to help children catch up on lost learning

Johnson pledged an extra £400 million of funding as part of the Government’s catch-up programme.

25.0k

Feb 24th 2021, 8:18 AM

# evidence

Gardaí investigating if school withheld information about alleged sexual assault of student

It is understood that a separate GSOC investigation is also being carried out.

75.4k

Feb 24th 2021, 12:05 AM

# Special Education

'It's a mixed day for families': Special-education classes in mainstream schools return from today

Lorraine Dempsey, interim CEO of Inclusion Ireland said that the part-time schedule was causing “difficulties around routine”.

21.4k

Feb 22nd 2021, 7:45 PM

# drogheda educate together

Plans to relocate Drogheda Educate Together school scrapped amid backlash from parents

Earlier this month, local TDs branded the plans for relocation “ridiculous”.

19.9k

Updated

Feb 18th 2021, 10:14 PM

# Junior Cert

Junior Certificate examinations will not go ahead this year, Department confirms

Minister for Education Norma Foley briefed teaching unions on the plans this afternoon.

32.9k

Updated

Feb 17th 2021, 7:25 PM

# Schools

PAC calls for review of temporary school accommodation after €56 million spend in two years

A report has found that the longest arrangement for temporary schools accommodation dates back over 20 years to 2000.

11.0k

Feb 12th 2021, 4:11 PM

# Special Needs

Deputy CMO insists school closures should be 'last resort' only after criticism from special needs teachers

Talks are continuing with unions about the reopening of schools for students with special educational needs.

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Jan 18th 2021, 8:49 PM

# Special Needs

Re-opening schools for students with special needs to be prioritised by government, says minister

Four groups, representing 30,00 children, state that remote schooling is not an option for them.

24.1k

Jan 11th 2021, 3:47 PM

# Coronavirus

Taoiseach indicates schools will close for rest of month, says ministers will discuss construction shut-down

A full Cabinet meeting will be held tomorrow morning.

The reopening of schools has already been pushed back to 11 January.

The worsening Covid-19 situation has increased pressure to further delay the reopening.

A final decision may not be made until the end of the week.

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Jan 5th 2021, 2:00 PM

# Killorglin

Students at Kerry school advised to stay at home up until 30 December after 17 Covid cases confirmed

“It has been uncommon to see an outbreak of this scale among a school population,” a HSE letter sent to parents said.

39.2k

Dec 16th 2020, 10:48 PM

# Primary School

Mayo school that said it would close from today due to Covid cases will now reopen on Monday

The school board and principal were told it did not have the authority to close the school without public-health experts’ approval.

39.1k

Dec 11th 2020, 6:15 PM

# presentation college

Female students at Carlow school 'told to not wear tight clothes to PE'

Thousands of people have signed a petition in protest over the situation.

81.5k

Nov 24th 2020, 7:21 PM

# gaelscoileanna

Education Minister begins search for patrons of three new Dublin primary schools

The schools will open next September.

31.2k

Nov 12th 2020, 7:06 PM

# Schools

Parents sometimes feel 'coerced' into accepting reduced timetables for their children, committee hears

A Department of Education official said today the practice is to be “limited solely to those circumstances where it is absolutely necessary”.

32.0k

Oct 15th 2020, 3:18 PM

# Calculated Grades

Leaving Cert students can now find out how their school ranked them against classmates

Students can also apply to sit the postponed exams in November.

35.0k

Sep 28th 2020, 9:23 AM

# Gardaí

Man charged in relation to aggravated burglary and robbery at school in Longford

The man is due to appear before a special sitting of Longford District Court this evening.

34.7k

Updated

Aug 28th 2020, 7:25 PM