Ed Byrne and Dara O Briain take in Malaysia, Thailand and Myanmar for their new travel series, writes Jeananne Craig.

Education Minister Richard Bruton has launched a blistering attack on the ASTI for forcing the closure of over 400 schools across the country today, writes Daniel McConnell, Political Editor.

The issue of supervision and substitution has become a new bone of contention between the ASTI and the Departmet of Education.