The Association of Secondary Teachers’ standing committee will meet today to review the issue of supervision and substitution duties.

The Association of Secondary Teachers has withdrawn a motion on rejoining the ICTU from the agenda at its annual conference in Bundoran, Co Donegal.

The Association of Secondary Teachers is expected to debate calls for it to rejoin the Irish Congress of Trade Unions when its annual conference resumes in Bundoran, Co Donegal today.

The Minister for Education has announced that an improved pupil-teacher ratio will be instigated in the 100 secondary schools of greatest need in the country.

Delegates at the ASTI’s annual conference in Co Donegal have called for secondary school teachers to be paid €34 per hour for Leaving and Junior Cert exam work.

Secondary school teachers will continue to discuss their long-running pay dispute with the Government when the ASTI’s annual conference resumes in Bundoran, Co Donegal, later today.

A debate calling on the ASTI to re-join talks on supervision and substitution has been defeated at the annual conference in Bundoran.

The president of the Teachers Union of Ireland has warned of all-out strike action by September if teachers do not receive significant pay increases this summer.

The general secretary of the ASTI has insisted that those members criticising the union's leadership are in a minority and are 'not representative'.

The ASTI begins its annual conference in Donegal today to review its pay campaign.

Students at a secondary school in Castlebar, Co Mayo, have gone on strike outside the school building in protest at the ongoing dispute between the Government and the Association of Secondary Teachers.

School managers have said contingency plans are continuing to work well today after the Association of Secondary Teachers withdrew from supervision and substitution duties yesterday.

ASTI general secretary Charlie Lennon said teachers' campaign for a pay rise "will end when the Minister makes us an offer that we can’t refuse".

The Association of Secondary Teachers is to go ahead with its planned withdrawal from supervision and substitution duties today.

The Teachers Union of Ireland has said it may support its ASTI colleagues and withdraw from supervision and substitution duties next month.

The Government has ordered secondary schools throughout Ireland to recruit staff to cover for teachers who plan to withdraw from supervision and substitution duties in March.

The Taoiseach has said that teachers will not be offered an improved package of substitution and supervision pay.

Fine Gael has called on the Education Minister to intervene in the dispute between the Department of Education and the Association of Secondary Teachers.

The union representing secondary school pupils is appealing to the ASTI not to use them as pawns in their latest battle with the Government.

The central executive of the Association of Secondary Teachers is recommending the rejection of the Government’s pay offer for supervision and substitution duties and the possibility of co-operating with the benchmarking scheme.

The central executive of the Association of Secondary Teachers is meeting in Dublin today to discuss the Government’s pay offer for supervision and substitution duties and the possibility of co-operating with the benchmarking scheme.

ASTI is to offer members a number of options after a ballot showed support for industrial action over unpaid duties, it emerged tonight.

The ASTI's central executive has voted by 88 to 72 not to enter talks with the government over pay for supervising school breaks.

180 members of the ASTI are meeting in Dublin to review their recent campaign for better pay and conditions.

Members of the ASTI have voted against the Labour court pay recommendation on their 30% pay claim by a majority of 57%.

The result of the ASTI ballot on the Labour court pay proposal is due shortly.

A result is expected shortly in the ASTI's ballot on the Labour Court deal aimed at ending the long-running dispute.

John Carr is to succeed Senator Joe O'Toole as the general secretary of the Irish National Teachers Organisation.

ASTI members have voted overwhelmingly to recommend a rejection of the Labour Court deal aimed at ending their long-running dispute.

Relations between parents and teachers have been further damaged by allegations of an assault on a member of the National Parents Council.

ASTI delegates have voted to reject a Labour Court peace deal aimed at resolving their pay dispute.

Delegates at the ASTI's convention in Galway are poised to recommend a rejection of the Labour Court package aimed at ending the teacher's dispute.

The National Parents Council is demanding an apology from the ASTI following alleged intimidation of its president.

The president of the National Parents Council has left the ASTI convention in Galway following alleged intimidation.

The Minister for Education has welcomed the latest move by the ASTI.

The Taoiseach has said he is hopeful that there will be a successful outcome to the teachers' dispute.

The central executive committee of the ASTI will meet this afternoon to vote on a peace deal brokered by the Labour Court.

The Labour Court has asked teachers to suspend all further industrial action pending the outcome of talks.

Both sides in the teachers' dispute have returned to the Labour Court in the past few minutes.

The Labour Court has said it hopes to hand settlement proposals to both sides in the teachers' pay dispute later today.

Talks on the teachers' pay dispute have adjourned for the day.

The ASTI has returned to the Labour Court this afternoon for intensive talks aimed at resolving the six-month dispute over a 30% pay claim.

The ASTI has voted to suspend the remaining two days of its planned three-day stoppage this week.

A Labour Court meeting between the ASTI and Department of Education has been deferred until this afternoon.