Minister slows down school reform in response to concerns

School admission changes now due to come into force in the 2020/2021 school year

Parents ‘spent €46m’ making up for school grant cuts

Education is being run ‘in a lean management manner’, says secretary of CPSMA

Cutting holidays to make up time unfair, say schools

Department of Education allows three days holidays to be used for tuition

Teachers warn of ‘crisis point’ staff shortages

Pupils left without qualified teachers, Oireachtas committee hears

School holidays ‘unlikely’ to be cut to make up for Storm Ophelia closures

Official guidance indicates tuition may be prioritised over extra-curricular activities

Department defends decision to close schools for second day

Some parents criticised move as an ‘overreaction’ on social media

Catholic secondary schools ‘disappearing from the pitch’, conference told

Requirement for baptismal certificates on admission an issue mainly in south Dublin

Just 1.2% of children refused school place over Baptism barrier

Survey by Catholic primary schools group shows 95% take everyone who applies

Minister to tackle Baptism barrier in lifetime of Government

Catholic primary school body insists problem was linked to shortages of school places

Bruton plans removal of ‘baptism barrier’ in schools

Minister says issue not being put on ‘long finger’ and Dáil has appetite to deal with it

Catholic group criticises plan to remove religion as ‘core’ school subject

Removing RE will not turn students into ‘quantum mechanics experts’, says management body

Forum recommended funding for group that recruited Flannery

Fine Gael adviser was paid €60,000 a year as a consultant for Philanthropy Ireland

Talking about suicide

Ireland was the last country in Europe to decriminalise suicide

People reluctant to make long-term commitments to charities

National Giving Week starts today

Philanthropic four: ‘Irish Times’ writers get ready to give

Four journalists – some regularly charitable, some not so much – will flex their philanthropic muscles by giving their time to a cause of their choice for National Giving Week

Charity in the age of austerity: what the cash-strapped consumer can do

Cash-strapped Irish consumers are still giving to charity, but in an unstructured way. Organisations say regular payments would be more beneficial than spontaneous acts of kindness

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