Education

‘It's a miracle they remain open’ – schools asking pupils to bring in toilet roll because they can’t afford basic supplies
latest | Former UL president Kerstin Mey takes legal case against university
Letters: A child-free Christmas is just a boozy long weekend with some decorations up
The Irish Independent’s View: Primary schools’ survey ignores the one question that matters: funding

Over 40pc of eligible households have engaged with the Primary School Survey, with only hours left until closure
Teachers cite unrealistic expectations of pupils’ parents as key burnout cause
‘I’m a single parent, I’ll have to drain my savings to be on campus three days a week' – UCD workers resist university’s return-to-office mandate
Report on alleged cheating in electrician apprenticeship exams referred to gardaí
Dundalk IT partnership with Queen’s to create first ‘all-Ireland university’
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Lorraine Courtney: It’s time for a national conversation about loosening Catholic Church grip on our schools
Two appear in court over alleged €500,000 fraud from Trinity College Dublin student hardship fund
‘I took the new nationwide survey for primary school parents – and here’s what it was like’
Helen McEntee confirms post-exam grade adjustments to ‘maintain integrity’ of 2026 Leaving Cert

Education

‘It's a miracle they remain open’ – schools asking pupils to bring in toilet roll because they can’t afford basic supplies

latest | Former UL president Kerstin Mey takes legal case against university

Letters: A child-free Christmas is just a boozy long weekend with some decorations up

The Irish Independent’s View: Primary schools’ survey ignores the one question that matters: funding

Over 40pc of eligible households have engaged with the Primary School Survey, with only hours left until closure

Teachers cite unrealistic expectations of pupils’ parents as key burnout cause

‘I’m a single parent, I’ll have to drain my savings to be on campus three days a week' – UCD workers resist university’s return-to-office mandate

Report on alleged cheating in electrician apprenticeship exams referred to gardaí

Dundalk IT partnership with Queen’s to create first ‘all-Ireland university’

LATEST | Enoch Burke: Gardaí call to family home day after judge orders sacked schoolteacher’s arrest

Lorraine Courtney: It’s time for a national conversation about loosening Catholic Church grip on our schools

Two appear in court over alleged €500,000 fraud from Trinity College Dublin student hardship fund

‘I took the new nationwide survey for primary school parents – and here’s what it was like’

Helen McEntee confirms post-exam grade adjustments to ‘maintain integrity’ of 2026 Leaving Cert

‘It may be a criminal offence’ – Minister James Lawless ‘very concerned’ at allegations of electrician exam papers being sold

Minister ‘very concerned’ at allegations of electrician exam papers being sold

Primary school parents nationwide asked to complete ethos survey

Teacher who had sex with leaving cert student is struck off

Special schools and those in disadvantaged areas worst hit by teacher shortages, new survey finds

Lorraine Courtney: Why we need less ‘Peppa Pig’ and more creativity and interaction in our classrooms

How much do you need to earn to send your children to private school? Money experts weigh in

Higher number of men coming forward to report historical sexual abuse in schools, One in Four says

‘I definitely need to read over the question more than once’ – students with dyslexia need extra time in state exams, campaigning pupil warns

Principal with 50 autistic children on waiting list criticises Department of Education’s ‘disingenuous’ solution

UCD staff reject ‘top-down, rigid’ new demands to work at least three days a week in office

Gardaí to alert school if child sees domestic abuse at home

Security guard stationed at Wilson’s Hospital School as Enoch Burke continues to enter grounds

Campaigners say special-education minister is ‘disconnected’ on reality of availability of school places

Junior Cycle results: Sharp increase in number of distinction grades awarded

‘Absurd and crippling’ creche fees stretching parents to breaking point

Over 70,000 Junior Cert students set to receive results today under revised grading system

‘I’m on the bus before most people are up in the morning just so I can make my class’ – cut in fees ‘breadcrumbs’, says student

‘We provide a vital role with so little support’ – mum calls for financial equity for single parents and carers

‘My 20s are gone and my bank account is no better off’ – teacher burnout and stress driving exodus from classrooms in Ireland

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