The University of Limerick (UL) could be forced to repay part of the €450,000 paid in severance to two former managers who were rehired as consultants, TDs have been told.

The former principal of a gaelscoil was given a suspended one-year prison sentence yesterday for overstating the numbers of children enrolled in the school so as to get higher grants for the benefit of the school and the pupils.

The Government is drawing up action plans and policies to encourage more physical activity in schools but Brendan O’Malley tells Caroline O’Doherty it is only rhetoric without action and a lot more needs to be done to counteract the negative perceptions of PE

A former principal of a gaelscoil in Co Cork was formally arrested yesterday for the purpose of being charged with deception in relation to enrolment information.

The Irish Second-Level Students’ Union (ISSU), the national representative body for second-level students in Ireland, would like to remind everyone that it is the students who are most impacted by these strike days, through no fault of their own.

A review of the special needs assistant (SNA) scheme should not lead to cuts for children with disabilities, Fianna Fáil has warned.

A fund to help unemployed workers in the Limerick town of Rathkeale get back to work has crossed its first hurdle, with members of the European Parliament giving it their support. 

The board of Trinity College has confirmed that it has offered a salary in excess of the agreed maximum pay limits to the leading candidate for the role of professor of business studies.

Former Rehab director Frank Flannery billed the charity for lobbying Government departments as well as business trips, the group has confirmed.

The State Claims Agency (SCA) is expected to examine dozens of school sex abuse claims that were withdrawn following a stark 2009 government warning that it would pursue its costs if the alleged victims lost their cases.

In spite of the Department of Education’s decision to extend the timeframe for adding subjects to the new junior cycle, teachers are to be balloted for non-co-operation as they say many of their concerns have still not been addressed.

Education Minister Ruairi Quinn says many children still only take part in Catholic ceremonies as parents do not want them feeling left out.

The Government has signed a deal with the European Investment Bank that will cover a €100m school-building programme.

Fairness and equity is the pathway to closure for abuse survivors and orders involved, writes Education Minister Ruairi Quinn

There is major potential for the Credit Union movement to be part of Ireland’s recovery, according to new junior minister Seán Sherlock.

ONE of the fastest-growing post-primary schools in the country has been given the go-ahead for a new college.

WHEN Seán Haughey, Minister of State at the Department of Education and Skills, answered questions in the Dáil on its first day back after the summer recess, he put on record his “disappointment and disapproval of the unacceptable practice which existed in some universities of making additional payments to staff without the requisite sanction”.

ISN’T it funny how sometimes really important things happen and nobody pays them a blind bit of attention?

Energy efficiency is now an issue of competitiveness and a business imperative for all companies in Ireland, according to David Taylor, chief executive of Sustainable Energy Ireland (SEI).