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Primary School

    Workload
    Ireland's primary school principals are at breaking point, says INTO
    22 Apr 2014
    12.7k
    55
    Primary School
    School students could start late or finish early instead of going to religion classes
    22 Apr 2014
    17.9k
    324
    EVERYBODY BACK ON THE BUS
    18 things everyone remembers about Irish primary school tours
    16 Apr 2014
    40.4k
    92
    happy
    This Irish primary school's Happy dance video is almost unbearably great
    20 Mar 2014
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    2
    what ales you
    Teacher causes uproar by giving non-alcoholic beer to primary school class
    19 Mar 2014
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    49
    wagon wheels
    13 Irish primary school lunchbox memories
    11 Mar 2014
    58.8k
    99
    Prime Numbers
    Paddy Power, obese kids, and identity cards: The week in numbers
    8 Mar 2014
    16.1k
    12
    primary concern
    One quarter of primary school children overweight (and 12 per cent saying 'no' to fruit)
    4 Mar 2014
    9.4k
    89
    having it off
    7 very Irish sex education stories
    19 Feb 2014
    41.8k
    87
    pipe cleaners
    These Brigid's Cross fails will make you feel better about your childhood attempts
    1 Feb 2014
    4.3k
    1
    smell ya later
    The 8 smells of Irish primary school
    19 Jan 2014
    69.7k
    139
    Prime Numbers
    Ariel Sharon, bankruptcy, and water meters: The week in numbers
    4 Jan 2014
    6.2k
    5
    Education
    Reading and maths grades continue to improve in DEIS schools — report
    16 Dec 2013
    7.8k
    19
    aww
    Little girl signs her school concert as a surprise for her deaf parents
    12 Dec 2013
    4.1k
    2
    School Around the Corner
    Teacher creates adorable Twitter account for her class
    4 Dec 2013
    10.1k
    3
    Balbriggan
    Parents 'horrified' after van mounts school pavement pursued by men with baseball bats
    14 Nov 2013
    21.0k
    90
    that's us told
    Are you smarter than a ten-year-old? Primary school students explain science
    12 Nov 2013
    6.7k
    8
    Ballyfermot
    Parents call for clarity after learning of possible school closure through Facebook
    8 Nov 2013
    21.2k
    22
    PS I Love You
    The most honest response to "will you be my girlfriend?" ever
    6 Nov 2013
    11.5k
    4
    Art Attack
    8 reasons you're not a famous artist
    28 Oct 2013
    14.8k
    24
    Detention
    Construction to begin on new juvenile detention facility in Oberstown
    12 Oct 2013
    3.8k
    27
    Iraq
    Woman caught planting bomb near Iraqi primary school
    7 Oct 2013
    6.2k
    34
    summerhill drive
    Belfast primary school evacuated after partially exploded bomb found
    11 Sep 2013
    5.1k
    11
    School Costs survey
    Child missed 17 days of school because they had no lunch - Barnardos
    1 Aug 2013
    15.6k
    138
    India
    20 children dead from school meal in India
    17 Jul 2013
    17.3k
    33
    water safety
    Water safety course 'should be compulsory in primary schools'
    13 Jul 2013
    12.3k
    97
    Bank to school
    Politicians want generic uniforms and rented books for every school
    25 Jun 2013
    12.1k
    85
    Education
    Irish children less likely to feel they belong in primary schools
    12 Jun 2013
    7.9k
    24
    Patronage
    Applications open to determine patronage of four new primary schools
    22 Apr 2013
    7.3k
    38
    Opinion
    Column: ‘Over the past five years, I’ve seen the heart being torn from our schools’
    Carmel Hume
    15 Apr 2013
    295
    98
    Assault
    Woman (22) due in court over Ennis stabbing
    15 Apr 2013
    6.2k
    PE
    Ireland bottom of European table for PE time in primary schools
    31 Mar 2013
    13.1k
    44
    teacher appraisal
    Schools inspector says formal teacher appraisals remain a foreign concept
    22 Mar 2013
    9.3k
    58
    Belfast
    PSNI issue appeal after viable pipe bomb found beside primary school
    15 Feb 2013
    2.9k
    4
    you told us
    Top readers' comments of the week
    2 Feb 2013
    6.8k
    9
    school daze
    16 brilliant School Sports Day memories
    31 Jan 2013
    7.8k
    7
    an bhfuil cead agam...
    15 things that everyone did in primary school
    27 Jan 2013
    174k
    386
    Children
    Calls for Ireland to (finally) outlaw corporal punishment in the home
    27 Jan 2013
    15.2k
    100
    Poverty
    Rising food poverty hinders students' ability to learn
    24 Jan 2013
    6.9k
    62
    Patronage
    Survey begins asking parents who should run primary schools
    14 Jan 2013
    6.1k
    35
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