A teachers' union has criticised a new Department of Education report which predicts an oversupply of 38,000 teachers by 2036 as “utter nonsense”.

Focus Ireland and the Irish National Teachers’ Organisation (INTO) have produced a new guidance resource for primary school teachers and principals who are supporting students and families who are homeless or at risk.

Education Minister Joe McHugh has said that he cannot commit to a timeline to end pay inequality for teachers.

Irish National Teachers’ Organisation (INTO) president Joe Killeen has said his union will stand with its new members on securing pay equality, whether through “negotiation, court challenge or industrial action”.

The Teachers' Union of Ireland is warning that a significant projected increase in the number of students in the country's third level institutions will greatly worsen the current crisis in the sector unless urgent action is taken.

The Irish National Teachers’ Organisation says it will continue to campaign for pay equality for all its members following the introduction of pay improvements for public servants.

Members of one of the country’s biggest public service unions have chosen a former president to lead it from next year when it could be engaged in a tough industrial dispute.

More than 43,000 primary teachers are voting over the next month to elect the head of one of the country’s biggest unions.

The Education Minister, Joe McHugh, has expressed his disappointment after primary school teachers rejected a pay offer for 'new entrants'.

Members of primary teachers union INTO have rejected the latest government pay offer.

Primary teachers are to have the case for equal pay for post-2010 members of the profession considered by the European Court of Justice.

Some INTO members are calling for the union to hold an immediate ballot for industrial action.

A hard Brexit could lead to unemployment for thousands of cross-border teachers working in Ireland and the North, it has been claimed.

Some primary school teachers are having to wear shinguards and hats to protect themselves from physical assaults in the classroom.

The annual congress of the Irish National Teachers’ Organisation heard how teachers are being lured abroad with attractive packages and parents are acting as cleaners to save costs. Joyce Fegan reports 

The Education Department has written to school managers outlining pay increases for recently recruited teachers.

Two teachers' unions have held a rally outside Leinster House, calling for pay equality for their members.

Teaching unions are expected to join forces with Gardaí and nurses to negotiate pay with the next Government.

The country's three teaching unions are meeting today, with talks set to focus on pay and conditions.

More than 800 national school teachers are gathering in Wexford today for their annual three-day conference.

Primary school teachers have voted by 97% in favour of industrial action over the ban on promotions and increasing workloads.

The INTO is to ballot primary school teachers on industrial action next month.

Teachers in special schools say they are seen as “second rate” because they teach children with Special Educational Needs (SEN).

Teachers have been head-butted, kicked, punched, spat at, and suffered broken bones as attacks in the classroom become more frequent and violent.

The ban on promotion in primary schools should be lifted immediately, according to delegates at the Irish National Teachers Organisation (INTO) annual congress.

Primary teachers seeking pay restoration should go on strike to secure a rise in their wages, according to a motion yesterday at the Irish National Teachers Organisation (INTO) annual congress.

Over €1m in backpay will be paid by the Department of Education to up to 2,000 teachers over the next week — almost two years after revised salaries were agreed.

Over a quarter of national school teachers do not have the resources to do their job properly, with almost two thirds unhappy with their pay levels and conditions of employment.

Ireland’s equality legislation is a “barrier to dignity in the workplace” for gay and lesbian national school teachers.

Education Minister Ruairi Quinn has warned that small schools cannot be immune from budget cuts.