Back-to-school payment allowance: Here’s what you need to know – The Irish Times
Over 100,000 families across the country will start to receive the back-to-school allowance this week from the Department…
Girls growing up in Ireland: ‘I’m sitting on the bus and there’s grown men making comments’ – The Irish Times
It is one of the hottest days of the year in the west Dublin suburb of Castleknock, and…
Cybersecurity to blacksmithing: Ireland’s most unusual and intriguing third-level courses – The Irish Times
With so much focus invested in retaining vast swathes of exam-relevant information, Leaving Cert students often complete their…
Leaving Cert Japanese exam gets positive reaction – The Irish Times
Students reacted positively to both the higher- and ordinary-level Japanese paper this year, according to David McCartney, a…
Enoch Burke fails in bid to have fitness-to-teach inquiry chair and panel recused – The Irish Times
Jailed teacher Enoch Burke has failed to obtain the recusal of a three-member fitness-to-teach panel from hearing an…
More time, extra points: parents of dyslexic children sitting Leaving Cert have their say – The Irish Times
Dyslexic students undertaking the State exams this year were, for the first time, granted an extra 10 minutes…
Leaving Cert history: ‘Very challenging’ paper with few predicted staples – The Irish Times
This year’s Leaving Certificate higher-level history paper was very challenging, teachers have said. Stephen Tonge, a history teacher…
Leaving Cert biology paper contains mistake that may have caught out students – The Irish Times
The State Examinations Commission (SEC) has apologised for an error in Tuesday’s Leaving Certificate higher level biology paper…
Sophie should be doing her Junior Cert exams, but instead she’s sorting out her wardrobe – The Irish Times
Sophie should be in the middle of her Junior Cycle exams, but instead she’s at home sorting out…
Rise in Irish exemptions denies children part of their identity, report says – The Irish Times
An “exponential” increase in schoolchildren getting exemptions from Irish is denying them part of their identity, is not…
U2’s Adam Clayton and others on their boarding school days: ‘Being separated from the age of 8 was a trauma’ – The Irish Times
Well-known people who attended boarding schools reflect on their experience and speak frankly about whether or not they…
Leaving Cert maths, paper one: A song and dance about a bum note – The Irish Times
Students were generally relieved with an approachable higher-level maths paper one, but the element of choice allowed them…