Principal of the Cork Educate Together secondary school, Colm O’Connor, told The Echo that he thinks “the proposal to move religion outside of school hours is the most direct way to protect the religious rights of staff and students.

Anne Horan said the main topics of conversion will revolve around underinvestment in primary education, workloads, the teacher supply crisis, and special education.

Greenmount National School principal Finbarr Hurley called for a stream of revenue from the Department of Education to pupils basic needs through what he said is “a worsening issue”.

Latest figures show that there were 92 families across Cork and Kerry in emergency accommodation, including 183 children.

Norma Foley said she is prepared to ‘look at everything on the table’, as many schools struggle to secure enough staff for the academic year.

Newly qualified teachers who take up a full-time role for the coming school year will receive the payment next summer

The incoming INTO vice president, Cork's Ann Horan, said 'change cannot occur unless it is financed'. 

An INTO survey found that the vast majority of respondents working in special schools reported experiencing physical aggression 

Protests were held at Belfast City Hall and at RTÉ in Dublin

The general secretary of the Irish National Teachers' Organisation John Boyle has retracted comments he made about the Minister for Education when he suggested that she had reneged on a commitment she made earlier this year about post responsibility

Paulette Leonard argued that, resulting from her interaction with both the Chairperson of the Board of Management and the Principal, Geraldine Dolan on the Parental Leave issue, there was a bias against her in the interview for Deputy Principal.

The allowance would be similar to the London Weighting Allowance in Britain where certain civil servants and teachers earn more in recognition of the higher costs they face in the capital city.

The ASTI says permanent posts, a reduction in red tape and shortening the time required to qualify as a teacher were required

Teaching unions have called for drastic action to address the current shortage of teachers in Ireland, including the establishment of an emergency taskforce.

The Government announced it will invest €5 million in piloting a programme of counselling s for primary school children.

The updated Building Momentum deal proposes a staggered pay increase of 6.5 per cent over the course of 18 months