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Education

Yesterday
4th August 2025
Gaeilge
There are just nine translated textbooks for Leaving Cert students at Gaelscoileanna
4 Aug
11.4k
Last month
July 2025
do the right thing
College fees: 'Some students are wondering if they should now take up their CAO offer'
Bryan O’Mahony
7 Jul
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College Fees
Laura Harmon: College shouldn't be a luxury - we need a promise that fees won't increase
Laura Harmon
18 hrs ago
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23
June
June 2025
College Fees
Minister indicates universal college fee cuts of €1000 won't be replicated in next budget
29 Jun
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42
Drumcondra
Delayed classrooms at Dublin school could be ready in November if no planning appeal lodged
22 Jun
10.9k
Drumcondra
Autism classes face delays at Dublin school in dispute over parish hall
13 Jun
12.1k
climate action
Twenty-eight schools to undergo major retrofit works this summer
9 Jun
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Equality in Education
Protest held in Dublin over lack of additional needs education provision
7 Jun
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Education
Threat of industrial action in secondary schools as ASTI rejects Leaving Cert reform package
7 Jun
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69
Higher Education
Three-quarters of Irish universities fall in global rankings - but TCD still best in the country
2 Jun
27.3k
May
May 2025
ageing out
Young people who have been in care face struggles leaving school and care, research determines
23 May
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Education
Children’s Ombudsman received 371 complaints last year as part of 'campaign' against SPHE syllabus
22 May
5.1k
child mental health
Irish teens 'succeeding in school but struggling in life', says UN report
14 May
13.6k
67
The Dreaded Leaving Cert
Ministers discuss Leaving Cert reforms - and how to leverage teachers' pay to get them implemented
13 May
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43
Education
Opinion: Normalising the corporate funding of higher education in Ireland is a dangerous game
Jennie C Stephens & Conchur O Maonaigh
11 May
9.6k
45
Sráid Synge
Teachers protest at Dublin's Synge Street school over plans to switch to Gaelcholáiste
It was announced last year that Synge Street CBS will transition into a Gaelcholáiste by September 2026.
8 May
11.6k
46
April
April 2025
FactCheck
FactCheck: Are there really more teachers in Ireland than ever before?
30 Apr
9.9k
Secondary SChools
Opinion: Ireland is changing — our schools need to change with it
Jen Cummins
Updated 29 Apr
14.9k
110
Education
Special Needs Assistants who lose positions in a school to benefit from redeployment scheme
24 Apr
29.6k
junior cycle
Changes made to Junior Cycle grade bands to be applied to upcoming exams
22 Apr
17.3k
20
Education
New teachers to get permanent contracts sooner in effort to make teaching 'more sustainable'
21 Apr
20.6k
28
Reach For the Stars
Irish teenagers to address space experts in US after beating 26,000 other schools
11 Apr
11.0k
19
Stressed Out
Vast majority of teachers in Ireland suffering 'moderate to high' burnout
10 Apr
15.1k
97
teacher shortage
Helen McEntee tells Cabinet she's willing to compel schools to open special education classes
8 Apr
23.2k
24
A1 from AI
Leaving Cert examiners offer €100,000 contract to research how AI can be used to correct papers
7 Apr
40.1k
22
The Morning Lead
The number of schools needing financial crisis help has increased by 540% in two years
Almost half of schools receiving financial guidance are Deis and special schools.
Muiris O'Cearbhaill
4 Apr
8.7k
48
This year
2025
The Daily Poll
Should the Leaving Cert have fewer traditional written exams?
20 Mar
14.3k
51
Chin Wag
Oral exam in English on the cards for Leaving Cert students
19 Mar
17.4k
46
irish schools
Mass collaboration: The untapped potential of collective problem-solving
Kim Mackenzie-Doyle
25 Feb
4.5k
class sizes
Over 51,000 primary school pupils were in classes of 30 children or higher last year
25 Feb
5.8k
28
Education
McEntee says 'her intention' is that all children with additional needs will be offered a school place in September
13 Feb
12.8k
19
Phone Ban
Banning phones at school does not improve grades or mental health, says new UK study
3 hrs ago
6.2k
28
hot meals
Experts hit out at 'ultra-processed' hot school meals ahead of scheme's expansion
6 hrs ago
33.9k
59
Prefabs
Ireland has spent €86 million on prefabs for schools over the past three years
3 Feb
18.2k
66
Childcare
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Grainne McKenna & Dr Sheila Garrity
4 Jan
11.7k
Last year
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The Morning Lead
Number of secondary pupils given Irish exemptions has almost doubled since before the pandemic
One in every 20 pupils was exempt from learning the language last year.
26 Dec 2024
26.8k
110
Education
State exam fees to be waived next year and cap on school transport fees to be extended
5 Nov 2024
9.8k
25
personal relationships
Secondary teacher: Pushing against the SPHE curriculum does nothing for the welfare of children
Eoghan Cleary
3 Nov 2024
16.4k
The Morning Lead
Norma Foley says there are enough special ed places for every child in Dublin 15 - but parents disagree
Two parents who sit on the Dublin 15 Taskforce, dispute the Minister’s claim.
Jane Matthews
1 Nov 2024
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55
failte ireland voices
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Alex Quilter
31 Oct 2024
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