Sunday 4 December, 2022
The initiative comes following years of lobbying by parents’ groups and charities.
Free school transport was announced by Government during the summer.
Does the start of the school term make you nostalgic?
Meanwhile US senators have reached an agreement on a bipartisan gun violence bill.
At least 11 other people were wounded by two bomb blasts at a boys’ school in the Afghan capital of Kabul.
The international community has appealed to Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to allow girls to return to school.
Whether parents buy something – or not – for their children’s teachers, Margaret Lynch says it’s important to thank them.
The new enhanced CAO website now includes Further Education and Apprenticeship options.
The results of the new Consent Communication study by NUI Galway’s Active* Consent programme.
Business owner Louisa Meehan says the arguments in favour of school uniforms don’t stack up anymore.
Business owner Louisa Meehan says the arguments in favour of school uniforms don’t stack up anymore.
Johnson pledged an extra £400 million of funding as part of the Government’s catch-up programme.
It is understood that a separate GSOC investigation is also being carried out.
Lorraine Dempsey, interim CEO of Inclusion Ireland said that the part-time schedule was causing “difficulties around routine”.
Earlier this month, local TDs branded the plans for relocation “ridiculous”.
Minister for Education Norma Foley briefed teaching unions on the plans this afternoon.
A report has found that the longest arrangement for temporary schools accommodation dates back over 20 years to 2000.
Talks are continuing with unions about the reopening of schools for students with special educational needs.
Four groups, representing 30,00 children, state that remote schooling is not an option for them.
“It has been uncommon to see an outbreak of this scale among a school population,” a HSE letter sent to parents said.
The school board and principal were told it did not have the authority to close the school without public-health experts’ approval.
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.
