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Teachers

Education

New teachers to get permanent contracts sooner in effort to make teaching 'more sustainable'

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The Daily Poll

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The Daily Poll

Poll: Should teachers who pass Irish tests get paid more?

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Teachers

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Updated 9 Jul 2024

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recruitment and retention crisis

Teachers’ union says €2,000 bonus after first year of teaching is ‘sticking plaster measure’

Updated 27 Jun 2024

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The Morning Lead

Norma Foley in the firing line: Teachers question why they earn less after teaching abroad

It was an issue that drove much discussion at the ASTI’s opening day of its annual congress in Wexford.

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annual conferences

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Updated 2 Apr 2024

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Teachers

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

1 Apr 2024

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The Morning Lead

'It's a real inequality': Educators call for teaching-through-Irish allowance to be reintroduced

The allowance was suspended in 2012 for any newly qualified teachers.

19 Jan 2024

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The Morning Lead

Schools are removing outer doors on bathrooms to crack down on students vaping

21 Oct 2023

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Education

Minister says she's 'open' to considering shorter teacher training amid supply crisis

13 Oct 2023

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Education

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12 Oct 2023

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getting paid

Substitute teacher: 'I lived abroad and came home, but teaching in Ireland has been a disaster'

Anonymous Teachers

Updated 14 Sep 2023

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Teachers

TUI Head: Greater flexibility needed to tackle staffing crisis in schools

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23 Aug 2023

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

15 Aug 2023

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Department of Education

Random school checks to be carried out to determine use of new free schoolbooks scheme

8 Jul 2023

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RIP

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2 Jun 2023

29.3k

The Daily Poll

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

13 Apr 2023

46.7k

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Education

Over 600 extra teaching course places to be added over the next two years

27 Mar 2023

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Schools

Teachers who qualified abroad able to register in Ireland amid staffing shortages

30 Jan 2023

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Education

Teachers in England and Wales vote for strikes in pay dispute

16 Jan 2023

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teacher supply

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The Daily Poll

Poll: Should career breaks for teachers be suspended in response to staff shortages?

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Gary Gannon: Government must act immediately to address teacher shortages

Gary Gannon

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6 Dec 2022

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Teachers’ Union of Ireland to hold industrial action ballot in September if pay not improved

11 Aug 2022

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Assault

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23 Apr 2022

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TEACHERS UNION

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