Schools, higher education facilities and childcare services in Cork, Limerick, Clare, Waterford, Kerry, Donegal, Sligo, Leitrim, Galway, Mayo, Wexford and Dublin should remain shut on Wednesday

HSE is to roll out information campaign so parents are fully informed as inoculation campaign set to start within a fortnight

How can parents have full trust when public health authorities are not looking closely at what is happening in schools anymore?

Dr Ronan Glynn, the deputy chief medical officer, said: "We’ve never said that schools are a safe environment. We’ve said that they’re a lower-risk environment."

The Taoiseach of the country should not be micromanaging his ministers, particularly in such crucial departments — the stakes are too high, writes Daniel McConnell.

Micheál Martin said the modelling on Covid case numbers is very worrying, with a peak expected in the coming weeks

Fianna Fáil TD, Cathal Crowe, stepped in as a special education teacher at a school in his constituency which struggled to find a substitute

Teachers who worked on the Summer Provision programme, which aims to support children with special needs and those most at risk of educational disadvantage, received payslips that referred to the initiative as the 'autistic program'

The ambassador said that David Amess' family will be touched by "the gesture of sorrow, solidarity and support that you have collectively shown us all today".

Funding announced in Budget 2022 is for expansion to 'additional schools only', the department later clarified

Department of Education believes  majority of payments will be made during 2022

Minister for Education Norma Foley highlights increase of more than 20% in funding for the Déis programme that will allow it to expand into more schools

Education Minister has also confirmed funding of €18 million to widen the scope of the disadvantaged school or DEIS scheme

The group said it fears the government has abandoned the consultation process for survivors.  

Norma Foley is among the speakers to address the Shared Island Dialogue series today, which focuses on cooperation and interaction across the island

'The future of our schools is a bright one and that is because of the work of our school communities and the priority placed on education by both wider society and Government under the most trying of circumstances,' writes Education Minister Norma Foley

This evening, the country reported another 1,355 confirmed cases of Covid-19, with 286 patients in hospitals with the disease, down 14 from yesterday.

Department of Education to increase staffing on schools' Covid helpline and ramp up its messaging around Covid symptoms for parents following meeting with teaching unions

CLASS scheme would allocate additional teaching hours to schools, and target supports at students most at risk of learning loss

No challenges were taken relating to the Leaving Cert during 2019, but 67 such cases were filed in 2020.

Parents fear children will struggle to catch-up for missed months in classroom

Schools will receive portable CO2 monitors to help them pinpoint areas or rooms that may not be adequately ventilated

The Irish Examiner has confirmed that a draft motion of no confidence is in circulation among some TDs after the party’s disastrous showing in the Dublin Bay South by-election

Changes to leaving Cert and Junior Cycle exams will account for the loss of class time students faced due to the pandemic

Leaving Cert exams get underway on Wednesday as 84,500 applications made to CAO for college places

Three sets of Cork parents fear their children with autism will regress after being refused places in secondary school 

Summer education programmes are to be expanded to include post-primary students this year in response to the pandemic.

The education minister said it is time to 'look at a variety of pathways for students' and remove the stress of a senior cycle which rests entirely on a final exam

The three unions have agreed to ballot for industrial action if the Government does not re-prioritise them

I have put pen to paper to voice my opinion in regards getting the preventative jab for Covid a while back.

Unions passed shared emergency motion demanding the Government reinstates education staff as a priority group within the vaccination programme

The National Immunisation Advisory Committee's advice to prioritise vaccination on an age basis may be imperfect and blunt, but it is also objectively fair

A Dublin TD also claimed the increase in vaccine numbers "needs to deliver for the party as well as the country".

Students must indicate whether they wish to sit exams, receive ‘accredited grades’, or both

Norma Foley said she has made representations to the Department of Health about getting teachers vaccinated sooner.

Norma Foley told Oireachtas Education Committee that an upcoming report on rapid testing would inform its potential use in school settings

Education Minister Norma Foley to outline 'differences to the arrangements' in this year's Leaving Cert 'compared to last year' to Oireachtas Education Committee

Arbitrary dates cannot be the deciding factor on whether it is safe for all staff and students to return to the classroom, they said, responding to the plan unveiled by the Government.

Health minister forced to clarify remarks after a series of botched Covid communications by Government

Leaving Cert students and those with additional needs will be the first to return, it is understood.

Simon Harris says Minister of Education is working 'night and day' on a phased returning of schools

Move will only serve to cause 'stress, anxiety and worry to skyrocket amongst students' 

I teach in and coordinate three secondary ASD special classes in Cork and have since 2008.  Since January 6, my students, colleagues and I, as well as all others countrywide, have been engaged in remote learning, as much as circumstances will allow.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin said 'preferred option' was hybrid model of calculated grade and written exam