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FactCheck

FactCheck: Are there really more teachers in Ireland than ever before?

30 Apr

9.3k

religion in school

Large majority of primary teachers say it shouldn't be on schools to prepare children for sacraments

23 Apr

19.3k

161

special schools

Student teachers may soon undergo placement at special schools

24 Mar

11.8k

religious patronage

Primary teachers to be surveyed on church-run schools 'in light of changing face of Ireland'

3 Apr 2024

13.8k

Teachers

'Minister, you need to hit the accelerator, not the brakes': INTO grills Foley on retention crisis

1 Apr 2024

21.5k

Public Service

Explainer: 'No deal' in public pay talks, but why are they always so tense?

Unions have been seeking pay to be restored since a €4 billion austerity cut in 2009.

11 Jan 2024

18.5k

Pay deal

Donohoe claims €2.9 billion pay deal was offered to unions, who say agreement 'lacks credibility'

Updated 11 Jan 2024

38.7k

teaching shortage

ASTI head: 'Quite frankly, they're putting people in classrooms who aren't teachers'

15 Aug 2023

42.7k

Mental Health

Pilot scheme offering free counselling for primary school children to be rolled out in September

31 May 2023

7.4k

The Daily Poll

Poll: Do you agree with calls for a 'city allowance' for teachers?

13 Apr 2023

46.7k

136

INTO

Teaching union calls for reduced class sizes and action to address 'unhealthy work-life balance'

11 Apr 2023

21.1k

Mary Immaculate College

Bachelor of Education scholarship launched in memory of Ashling Murphy

18 Nov 2022

14.4k

co-ordinated campaign

Teacher unions plan ballots for industrial action over stalled pay talks

10 Aug 2022

19.8k

re-opening

INTO clarifies that teachers won't automatically be given medical-grade face masks for classrooms

5 Jan 2022

25.4k

re-opening

'Enormous unease' about schools reopening amid concerns about teacher substitutes, unions say

Updated 5 Jan 2022

60.1k

102

covid absences

'Absenteeism': Union officials hit out at use of term to describe workers out for Covid reasons

4 Jan 2022

24.4k

covid19

Teachers' union says 'significant number' of school staff contracted Covid in recent weeks

Updated 22 Nov 2021

37.0k

antigen tests

INTO calls for 'political leadership' on bringing in antigen tests to primary schools

10 Nov 2021

9.2k

Schools

Teachers want 'acknowledgement and investment' rather than pandemic bonus

1 Oct 2021

22.3k

Classrooms

Department had 'productive' meeting with school stakeholders over close contacts policy

Updated 23 Sep 2021

42.4k

Covid-19

'I can't sleep at night': Pregnant teachers fear going back to school before they're vaccinated

13 Aug 2021

34.4k

Oireachtas Committee

Teaching union to tell TDs that staff are subjected to 'inappropriate' comments by parents on social media

18 May 2021

23.2k

Teachers

Teacher unions to table joint motion over vaccine priority schedule

Updated 7 Apr 2021

29.9k

138

vaccine rollout

'It's not a value judgement on any profession' - Education Minister defends change to vaccine prioritisation

Updated 6 Apr 2021

77.5k

188

Schools

Government drops plans to re-open schools for special education this Thursday

Updated 19 Jan 2021

52.0k

224

Schools

INTO calls on government to delay reopening of schools until 11 January at earliest

30 Dec 2020

29.9k

up the levels

INTO says there's anxiety among teachers nationwide amid fears health precautions are 'inadequate'

19 Oct 2020

24.9k

INTO

Large schools will have to stagger their opening times in September, warns union

2 Jul 2020

51.3k

new guidelines

Social distancing rules mean it's inevitable students won't be back in school full-time - ASTI

Updated 2 Jul 2020

50.1k

116

INTO

European Court rules that two-tier teacher pay scale isn't age discrimination

14 Feb 2019

18.5k

107

equal pay for equal work

Primary schools braced for strike action as INTO to ballot on next move

31 Oct 2018

16.7k

teachers pay

INTO rejects government's pay proposals for teachers recruited since 2011

30 Oct 2018

15.6k

new teachers

Richard Bruton heckled at conference as teachers threaten to strike over pay issues

3 Apr 2018

16.7k

121

pay inequality

'The start of Paschal's troubles': Primary teachers reject public sector pay deal

13 Jul 2017

12.6k

fidget spinners

This 'must-have' toy has been banned in some UK schools and is selling out here

5 May 2017

47.0k

Up In The Air

Newly qualified teachers unable to get dipped over new scheme

30 Apr 2017

34.1k

Education

Government must stop discrimination in funding for new schools, say teachers

28 Nov 2016

8.7k

Industrial Action

Primary school teachers haven't had promotions for eight years

8 Mar 2016

36.5k

114

INTO

Teacher spat at, punched and had fire extinguisher thrown at her in classroom

9 Apr 2015

21.8k

105

admissions

Schools will have to cap the number of past pupils' children they admit

7 Apr 2015

8.0k

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