Schools

Last week

20th April 2025 - 26th April 2025

religion in school

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

23 Apr

19.2k

161

This month

April 2025

Reach For the Stars

Irish teenagers to address space experts in US after beating 26,000 other schools

11 Apr

10.9k

food review

Nutrition of hot school meals to be reviewed by health officials

Updated 11 Apr

12.9k

104

Stressed Out

Vast majority of teachers in Ireland suffering 'moderate to high' burnout

10 Apr

15.0k

A1 from AI

Leaving Cert examiners offer €100,000 contract to research how AI can be used to correct papers

7 Apr

39.8k

Youth Mental Health

Opinion: School Avoidance is a crisis - here's how we can support children back into education

Marian Quinn

4 Apr

6.3k

The Morning Lead

The number of schools needing financial crisis help has increased by 540% in two years

Almost half of schools receiving financial guidance are Deis and special schools.

Muiris O'Cearbhaill

4 Apr

8.6k

Last month

March 2025

Rising Stars

Galway-Tipperary showdown in store in Croke Cup final on St Patrick's Day

1 Mar

5.1k

This year

2025

Clare

Garda investigating origin of 'hoax' threatening email that closed several schools in Co Clare

Niall O'Connor

Updated 11 Feb

82.0k

nutrition

Hot school meals: They're so important, but we could be offering much better food

Dr Catherine Conlon

Updated 11 Feb

16.2k

hot meals

Experts hit out at 'ultra-processed' hot school meals ahead of scheme's expansion

5 Feb

33.8k

Prefabs

Ireland has spent €86 million on prefabs for schools over the past three years

3 Feb

18.2k

Storm Éowyn

Schools, creches and universities to close during periods covered by Status Red warnings

22 Jan

38.3k

snus

Principals raise concerns over student use of addictive 'snus' nicotine pouches in schools

20 Jan

12.3k

unlocked

Government issues tender for controversial €9m mobile phone pouch contract

20 Jan

19.6k

Cold Snap

Status Orange warning 'doesn't change anything' for schools, as they continue to monitor risk

7 Jan

19.2k

Cold Snap

Tens of thousands affected by power and water outages as further snow-ice warnings in place

Counties in the south have been worst affected by the cold snap.

Updated 6 Jan

77.3k

139

Last year

2024

Child Welfare

Opinion: Our rules around seclusion and restraint in schools are failing children

Derval McDonagh

16 Dec 2024

8.3k

FactCheck

Debunked: Years-old headline used to suggest Taoiseach wants to bar unvaccinated kids from school

Updated 19 Nov 2024

6.6k

Niamh O'Reilly: Simon says Friday is a good day for an election. Good for whom, exactly?

Niamh O'Reilly

Updated 15 Nov 2024

9.1k

column

Parenting: Fire up the chopper, I think I'm a helicopter parent

Margaret Lynch

9 Nov 2024

15.2k

Yondr

Foley denies misleading Dáil over encounter with phone pouch company executive

7 Nov 2024

24.5k

The Morning Lead

Norma Foley says there are enough special ed places for every child in Dublin 15 - but parents disagree

Two parents who sit on the Dublin 15 Taskforce, dispute the Minister’s claim.

Jane Matthews

1 Nov 2024

12.5k

Murder Investigation

How did no-one notice 8-year-old Kyran Durnin may have died up to two years ago?

Questions are being asked about how Kyran’s disappearance was not spotted by authorities.

17 Oct 2024

57.4k

Abuse

Opinion: Government cannot delay when it comes to redress for school abuse survivors

Dr James Gallen

13 Oct 2024

4.1k

Child Abuse

Taoiseach: 'If religious orders don’t do the right thing and pay redress, we'll legislate to make sure they do'

11 Oct 2024

7.1k

Secondary SChools

Opinion: The children of Dublin 8 deserve better than the school numbers on offer

Louise Fitzpatrick

Updated 8 Oct 2024

9.8k

Schools

Taoiseach accuses SF of 'hypocrisy' as phone pouch scheme already in place in Northern Ireland

4 Oct 2024

17.1k

Leaders' Questions

Chambers defends €9m phone pouch spend as opposition ask minister 'are you for real?'

3 Oct 2024

20.6k

Phone pouches

Teachers slam government for €9m spend on locking phones during school

Updated 2 Oct 2024

36.8k

Sexual Abuse

New Labour Bill aims to ensure religious orders pay redress to victims of sexual abuse

24 Sep 2024

6.1k

Schools

Mary McAleese speaks out about 'state of terror' that children faced in schools in the past

19 Sep 2024

13.2k

Education

Minister says portrayal of Irish family in now withdrawn SPHE book 'not the depiction we would want'

11 Sep 2024

16.7k

Scoping Inquiry

Opinion: Religious organisations, as well as the perpetrators, must be held to account for this abuse

Rachel Morrogh

6 Sep 2024

9.2k

Sexual Abuse

'Pay up': New figures show religious orders only paid 16% of institutional redress costs

5 Sep 2024

9.5k

PodcastThe Explainer

The Explainer: How is Ireland still uncovering stories of widespread abuse?

next steps

How will the Commission into child abuse in schools work, and which schools will it cover?

And have lessons been learned from how previous inquiries were carried out?

Órla Ryan

4 Sep 2024

10.0k

personal testimony

Abuse survivors told scoping inquiry they believed paedophile rings operated at some schools

“The principal would open the door, see the abuse taking place, even rape in progress, and just close the door again.”

Órla Ryan

3 Sep 2024

46.4k

Teachers

TUI president: It's time to put an end to the teacher retention and recruitment crisis

David Waters

Updated 23 Aug 2024

12.0k

social harm

Social media a “clear threat” to teenagers' mental health, say Irish doctors

20 Jun 2024

7.5k