Teachers want religion out of the classroom. Here’s what has to happen next
'Opted-out' children often just sit there – sometimes colouring a picture, listening to every word – segregated, othered and marked as different
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Religion must move outside school hours as opt-out approach fails children badly
During Communion and Confirmation season the situation is particularly bleak. The sense of othering is worse when students are from non-Irish backgrounds
Teachers ‘leaving in droves’ due to mountain of paperwork and rising living costs, INTO conference hears
`We are underpaid and undervalued, crippled by mortgages, childcare and the cost of living,’ says one delegate as teachers’ roles have changed
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Proposed new public service pay deal seems set to be ratified after Siptu members back agreement
Siptu says 90% of its 60,000 members in the public service voted in favor of the €3.6bn agreement
Two of country’s biggest public service unions strongly back new €3.6bn pay deal
Members of Fórsa and primary teachers’ union INTO decisively vote to accept proposed new €3.6 billion agreement which would run to 2026
Northern Ireland strike: Six striking workers explain why they are on the picket lines
Striking unions call on the Northern Secretary to release part of a package dependent on a restored Assembly and Executive, and settle the pay dispute
‘Real pity’ unions rejected public sector pay offer of 8.5% rise over two years, Donohoe says
Forsa union chief Kevin Callinan says opening offer from Government side was ‘extremely disappointing’
Public sector pay talks delays caused by introduction of unexpected items by unions, says Donohoe
Unions say they will move to industrial action if there is no deal by January 11th and deny raising unexpected items in talks
Union hopes to continue public sector pay talks at WRC this week
Talks are intended to produce a successor to current national public sector pay agreement
Unions to meet on Friday to consider pay talks invitation
Invitation from Government on deal to replace Building Momentum, which expires at end of year, expected to be accepted
A teacher on Budget 2024: ‘I am the squeezed middle. It helps, but not that much ’
Teacher Aideen Clarke estimates she will be better off by €10-€20 extra per week
Parents on ‘voluntary contributions’ and charges: ‘If you don’t pay, there’s no locker or school journal’
Despite the introduction of free schoolbooks at primary level, many parents say they still face crippling back-to-school costs
Parents pay €28m in ‘voluntary contributions’ to plug gaps in school finances
Schools say they are forced to levy charges due to gap in State funding to meet everyday expenses
Do teachers support a ‘Dublin allowance’ for colleagues facing higher costs?
Delegates at the Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) and Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland (Asti) conferences were asked if they agreed with the proposal
Teachers’ union calls for ‘Dublin allowance’ on top of salary
Talks on a new public sector pay agreement set to start before summer
Teachers’ views on AI: Is artificial intelligence to be embraced or feared?
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Union criticises ‘insensitive’ opposition to teaching of gender identity in primary schools
INTO welcomes ‘timely review’ of relationships and sexuality education, with new curriculum due in 2025
Primary teachers working as ‘therapists, psychologists, grief counsellors and homeless support staff’
Urgent action needed to tackle ‘excessive workloads’ in school to retain teachers and principals
Foley pledges to begin restoring thousands of senior school posts to ease teacher burnout
Thousands of schools without assistant principal posts due to austerity-era spending cuts
TUI blames ‘boneheaded’ policies for teacher recruitment, retention crisis
Treatment of new entrants to profession is ‘professional hazing’, says union chief Michael Gillespie
‘I don’t see any sign of things getting better’: Soaring rents and living costs take toll on teachers
As Easter conferences get under way, issues such as teacher supply look set to dominate
Salary for teachers’ union chief restored to almost €200,000
Remuneration for role of general secretary of the Irish National Teachers’ Organisation was cut on a voluntary basis following economic crash
Government must make good ‘shortfall’ in public sector pay due to inflation, says union chief
Ictu president says cost-of-living issues will dominate talks in any new pay deal
Teachers’ union to seek pay increases to tackle soaring inflation
INTO general secretary says pay award needed early in 2024 to make up for losses
‘It is an anxious, frustrating time’: Schools struggle to find qualified teachers for vacant posts
As teachers’ conferences get under way, supply, retention and pay rates look set to dominate
Taoiseach backs inclusion of transgender identity in primary school curriculum
Leo Varadkar said ‘information and facts’ should be provided but not ‘value judgment’
Principals seek ‘right to disconnect’ due to additional working hours outside school day
New research shows most school leaders work weekends and during holidays
Teachers’ unions vote overwhelmingly to accept public sector pay deal
80% of Irish National Teachers’ Organisation members back 6.5% pay increase
Primary school teachers’ union recommends acceptance of public sector pay offer
The INTO will ballot 43,000 members online on September 22nd
Teachers to be balloted for strike action over public sector pay
Combined 5% salary hike over two years tabled earlier this year has been rejected by workers as ‘not credible’
Teachers’ unions threaten to ballot members on ‘co-ordinated public service campaign’
ASTI, INTO, TUI agree on potential action regarding ballots of members
About 4,000 vulnerable children waiting on assessments to get school places
About 4,000 children waiting on a diagnostic assessment to get a school place, Oireachtas Committee hears
More than 46,000 Covid cases in children since start of pandemic, says HSE
Outbreaks in schools usually small scale, says report, and student-to-adult transmission rare
Children with sore throats or blocked noses should not attend school, union says
INTO says Covid response plan for school now includes additional symptoms of virus
Changes to vaccine priority list not a reflection on any profession, Minister says
Fórsa union claims Government led school staff ‘up the garden path’ prior to reopening
Non-medically vulnerable groups to get vaccine in ‘exceptional circumstances’
HSE chief defends rollout plan amid reports of people skipping vaccination queue
Nurses will not face any rise in retention fees under new deal
Military officers say they were ‘effectively ostracised’ from public pay talks process
Breda O’Brien: Schools should be teaching instead of begging
Puny capitation grant deprives children of materials and forces staff to fundraise
Measures to address two-tier pay system to come into effect from Friday
Recent entrants to public service will see pay catch up with longer-serving colleagues
Unions take cautious approach on knock-on pay rises
Public service groups study implications of Labour Court recommendation in nurses’ dispute
Secondary teachers say they will ballot for strike if primary teachers also hold ballot
ASTI says it wants to hold strike ballot in parallel with INTO
Nurses set to strike over pay as talks fail to break deadlock
Teacher unions unhappy with Government proposals that address lower pay rates for staff recruited after 2011
School secretaries ‘treated like second-class employees’ – trade union
Fórsa launches Save Our Secretaries campaign to end two-tier system in schools
Primary school teachers reject Government pay proposals
INTO leadership to consider industrial action at meeting next week
Teachers who reject pay deal ‘will not receive salary increases’
Paschal Donohoe issues warning to public service groups who do not back new accord
Siptu accepts new public service pay deal by 76%
Public Service Stability Agreement is extension of Lansdowne Road agreement
Gardaí and teachers urged to engage in talks on grievances
Minister says Lansdowne Road pay deal is only option amid threats of industrial action
Substantial pay offer on table for new teachers, says Bruton
Minister concedes they would still be €1,800 behind those appointed in earlier years
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