This year’s Student Cost of Living Index shows that Dublin remains the most expensive city for college, but Cork takes second place.

In total, Skillnet Ireland delivered over 81,300 training days to companies based in Cork last year. 

The meeting brought together European, national and regional stakeholders to discuss the important role of skills development, artificial intelligence (AI) upskilling, innovation, partnerships and enterprise competitiveness in Ireland and across Europe.

New research from the Irish League of Credit Unions (ILCU) shows school costs continue to weigh heavily on families, with almost 60% of parents saying covering back-to-school costs is a financial burden.

The Fulbright programme selects candidates across disciplines ranging from health, technology, science and business to the arts, heritage and the Irish language.

The paper, from the University of Newcastle in Australia, found that more than 85% of children aged under 16 years still reported using social media platforms after the ban came into effect.

Star of the Sea’s two junior infant classes are set to be merged into one 34-student senior infant class in September. That would result in the class being 51% larger than the average primary school class, which is 22.5 pupils.

The Presentation and Bishop Murphy schools are to become one co-educational school, the Holy Family Primary School.

Now in its seventh year, the Bank of Ireland Money Smarts Challenge is an all-Ireland financial literacy quiz for secondary school students.

A total of 139 out of 335 Cork mainstream primary schools will see a reduction in the hours of SET for its students from next term.

University College Cork will co-lead a major cross-border project aimed at improving quality of life for people living with Parkinson’s through patient-centred research