School meals are about more than what is on the plate, says Professor Janas Harrington, Director, BSc Public Health Sciences at the School of Public Health and the Sustainability Institute at University College Cork

Spokesperson Tanya Jones told RTÉ radio’s Morning Ireland that the primary teaching degree course is just one of 74 courses that will be available across 13 universities in 24 counties in 2026.

The judge, in confirming the sanction, said the key mitigating factor in the case was the teacher’s gambling addiction.

A chronic absence of 20 days or more is linked to a gap of over 80 Leaving Cert points.

TRACY COUGHLAN, a youth worker in Midleton, recalls a recent trip with 14 local teenagers to Bulgaria, which explored themes of identity and what it means to be a European citizen

At Ennis District Children's Court, the school boy - accompanied by his grandmother - appeared in connection with the unlawful taking possession of three cars and attempt to get into a fourth from Gort in south Galway and Scarriff in east Clare on Wednesday of this week.

Both the average number of days lost per student and the proportion of students with chronic absenteeism have grown.

The funds will be used by schools to develop supports, such as gardens and other well-being-promoting interventions.

An inquiry panel of the Teaching Council imposed the sanction on the teacher after a fitness-to-teach inquiry found that he had been convicted by a Circuit Court of an offence triable on indictment, which also impacted on his fitness to teach.

A significant number of parents who accessed mental health supports or special needs assessments for children found they were inadequate.

The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) ruled that the teacher, Susan Quain, had been constructively dismissed by the board of management of Catherine McAuley Special School, Limerick

The stabbing occurred outside Coláiste Mhuire national school in Dublin 1 on November 23rd, 2023, in which several others were injured.

Ms Connolly is going to be a ‘great’ President, according to school children who met her immediately after her inauguration.

A new curriculum was introduced last month and includes revised courses for biology, chemistry, physics, business and classical languages

In an email to the regulatory body last July in response to the inquiry’s findings, the principal claimed there was “not much left for the Teaching Council to take from me.”

These back-to-school bugs have a tangible impact on families, with parents missing an average of 3.4 workdays annually, rising to four days for parents of primary school children.

An inquiry panel of the Teaching Council found the teacher, who is in her early 30s, guilty of professional misconduct

St. Oliver's national school in Stonetown, Dundalk, Co Louth is set to close its doors after the one sixth class student graduates.  

A teacher has given his first reaction to this year's Leaving Cert history exams

Leaving Cert students completed English paper two on Thursday afternoon.

A teacher has given her initial reaction to Leaving Cert English paper one

A national survey capturing the views of teenage girls by The Shona Project has revealed widespread anxiety, pressure, and safety concerns among teenage girls across the country

The judge described it as a 'quite extraordinary case'

Last month, the principal of Sacred Heart Junior School in the Killinarden area of Tallaght said it was facing closure because it could no longer afford to pay basic bills.

A school street is a traffic-calming solution used to reduce the traffic outside a school by restricting access to the street during school drop-off and pick-up times.

The Department of Education has been accused of ‘kicking the can down the road’ over the funding of a Dublin school facing closure.

The school can no longer afford to pay basic bills, its principal said.

The scene was held for an examination and the State Pathologist was notified

Gabriel McConkey, 19, was awarded more than £50,000 in a civil case last week at Belfast High Court.

Sisters Ciara (17), Saoirse (15) and Laoise (12) Murphy from Presentation Secondary School, Tralee, were presented with their prize by Minister for Education Norma Foley

Police described the incident as distressing and upsetting.

Almost 2,400 allegations of historical sexual abuse were recorded by 308 schools run by religious orders across Ireland.

Deirdre Kenny said it was important to include schools not run by religious congregations in the inquiry.

Body dysmorphia, also called body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), is a mental health disorder that leads to distress over your appearance

At a sitting of the Family Law Court, solicitor, Anne Walsh made the request on behalf of the mother of the boy going into junior infants this week.

Susan Dwayne worked at Rockboro National School for over 33 years

The Supreme Court has found that the Labour Court was wrong to order the re-instatement of a Co Wexford Gaeilscoil principal

The complainant in the case was aged between 15 and 18 at the time of the alleged offending

The boy has speech and language delay and requires significant help from an adult to keep him safe.

The three young men face charges relating to the alleged incident in June 2019

Minister for Education Norma Foley is to seek Cabinet approval for the publication of the review

CCTV footage played in court showed the four men entering the school before confronting a teenage student, who took a hammer out of his bag in self-defence and then fled

The latest State of the Nation's Children report found 40.3 per cent of primary school children were absent for more than 20 days during the 2021/2022 school year

Ireland's placement among 81 countries worldwide improved across the three areas examined: reading, maths and science

A young woman has claimed before the High Court she was repeatedly raped in the car of a school principal who gave her lifts to her own school each morning

A teacher and a school principal have appeared before a fitness-to-teach inquiry over the alleged inappropriate removal of headphones from the boy

The incidents are alleged to have happened while Ms McSherry O'Connor worked as a student teacher at a school in Dublin.

This year's Leaving Certificate results were released at 10am on Friday

Of the 52 summonses issued in the first half of 2023, the highest number was recorded in Co Longford

Research carried out by staff at Children’s Health Ireland at Crumlin also found that one in every 110 food-allergic children could have an anaphylactic shock in the educational facility they attend each year.