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# teaching

This month
April 2024
Norma Foley in the firing line: Teachers question why they earn less after teaching abroad
It was an issue that drove much discussion at the ASTI’s opening day of its annual congress in Wexford.
Eoghan Dalton
3 Apr
30.8k
93
This year
2024
'It's a real inequality': Educators call for teaching-through-Irish allowance to be reintroduced
The allowance was suspended in 2012 for any newly qualified teachers.
19 Jan
22.3k
71
Last year
2023
Substitute teacher: 'I lived abroad and came home, but teaching in Ireland has been a disaster'
Anonymous Teachers
Updated 14 Sep 2023
68.8k
10
Primary schools call for more funding as OECD report finds Ireland lagging behind neighbours
Updated 12 Sep 2023
7.0k
11
Almost 10% of respondents to post-primary survey say they experienced unwanted sexual attention by a teacher
29 Aug 2023
17.4k
TUI calls for two-year master's in education to be halved to tackle staffing crisis
23 Aug 2023
19.4k
42
Eoghan Cleary: My teenage students understand the difference between gender and sex
Eoghan Cleary
28 Apr 2023
33.9k
34
Over 600 extra teaching course places to be added over the next two years
27 Mar 2023
10.6k
6
All time
'It will drive people away': Student teachers on the potential threat to career breaks
8 Dec 2022
19.5k
61
Poll: Should career breaks for teachers be suspended in response to staff shortages?
7 Dec 2022
36.8k
55
Cathal Crowe: We need substitute teachers, so why not use teaching students to fill the gap?
Cathal Crowe
11 Nov 2021
19.0k
18
Teachers not at increased risk of admission to hospital with Covid, study finds
2 Sep 2021
16.2k
36
Union reissues call for unvaccinated pregnant teachers to be allowed work from home
23 Aug 2021
20.7k
76
Anonymous Teacher: 'Instead of cheers and claps, we are getting sneers from the public'
Anonymous Teachers
20 Nov 2020
98.7k
74
Considering homeschooling this September? Here's everything you need to know about the practical steps to take
Cliona Brophy
17 Aug 2020
50.4k
15
Teacher takes High Court action over refusal to be recognised by the Teaching Council
28 Jul 2020
38.5k
Teaching during the Covid-19 crisis: Four weeks in, the novelty has given way to inertia for some students
Anonymous Teachers
8 Apr 2020
40.4k
32
'Absolutely unacceptable': Teachers unsure of when they'll be paid after starting new jobs
17 Aug 2019
45.0k
79
Opinion: Focus on bureaucracy sells students with special education needs short
Breda Lynch
9 Jan 2019
8.3k
2
Minister orders full review of sex education in schools
3 Apr 2018
18.4k
69
Career breaks: 'We shouldn't be stopping young teachers from going and exploring the world'
Garrett O'Dowd
16 Mar 2018
29.7k
67
CAO points to drop as demand dips but teaching is still one of the most popular courses in Ireland
9 Mar 2018
32.3k
100
Dáil to be told there's a 'real crisis' with physics and Irish teacher numbers
24 Jan 2018
17.2k
62
First 'fitness to teach' hearing due to take place next week
2 Nov 2017
25.6k
16
Galway teacher fights to stop transfer to another school and says she was 'humiliated'
2 Aug 2017
43.3k
Teachers' pay: 'Less interest will mean lower CAO points and new teachers of lower standards'
Cionnaith Ó Duibhir
6 May 2017
432
118
This Irish girl had a great red chair story about being a primary teacher on Graham Norton
29 Apr 2017
26.3k
2
'My daughter has special needs too': How should we educate gifted children in Ireland?
5 Mar 2017
21.4k
43
Meet the businesses luring Irish teachers to classrooms around the globe
19 Jan 2017
1.4k
What Is Your Irish Teacher Name?
14 Oct 2016
14.1k
1
Over 2,500 new teaching jobs are to be created
11 Oct 2016
9.4k
14
Warnings of 'major disruption' to schools as teachers vote to stop working 33 extra hours
20 May 2016
38.6k
166
Unequal pay is driving graduates away from teaching, says union
28 Mar 2016
18.4k
49
Kids, you're going to school: Teachers call off strike
12 Feb 2016
18.9k
14
Poll: Do teachers make enough money?
25 Nov 2015
38.9k
135
'I'm a teacher and while the school system isn't deliberately out to destroy people, it is broken'
Lisa Buggy
23 Nov 2015
3.1k
63
There's a secret reason why Solitaire was included with Windows 25 years ago
17 Aug 2015
38.0k
22
This site wants to try identify any image you show it
14 May 2015
8.3k
6
City kids are worse at reading (and their maths skills don't quite add up either)
9 Apr 2015
12.3k
23
This jazz cat is helping Irish kids learn about music (seriously)
5 Apr 2015
9.2k
6
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