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It is annoying to see the current attack by politicians on the Junior Cert syllabus constantly being referred to as a “reform”. It is nothing of the sort.

Members of the Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland are to vote on reform of the Junior Cert.

Amen’s support kept me alive, says man who escaped domestic violence; 8,000km away, the world had changed - UCD hosts service for Berkeley victims; and Youghal strand is ‘unsafe for swimming’. Here’s this evening’s irishexaminer.com catch-up.

Hundreds of Cork students left stranded after Junior Cert disco fiasco; Families of balcony collapse victims lay flowers at Berkeley memorial; and you need to watch Jon Stewart’s powerful monologue on the Charleston shootings. Just some of the latest and most read stories on irishexaminer.com.

A 38-year-old Wicklow man has appeared at Bray District court today charged with the murder of Anne Shortall, a teacher has threatened to go on a hunger strike over proposed Junior Cert reforms, Cork’s St Patrick’s Street could soon see a car ban and Ed Sheeran has announced who he’ll be lining out with at Croke Park. These are some of the latest and most read news on irishexaminer.com.

Refusing to pay Irish Water bills will be pursued through the courts and have the debt removed from payslips, Jan O’Sullivan has said she will not “completely capitulate” on plans for Junior Cert reform, Cork GAA have denied money for the Páirc Uí Chaoimh redevelopment has been withheld and Garth Brooks could be coming back to Ireland. These are some of the latest and most read news on irishexaminer.com.

A second day of strike action for teachers in the row over Junior Cycle reform has been announced for January 22.

More than 700 schools will close today for the first of two one-day strikes by the teacher's unions in a dispute over reforms of the Junior Cert.

They are some of the sharpest sleuths in the Revenue Commissioners’ arsenal. Brian Canty goes to Cork Airport to learn how sniffer dogs go about their job

Simmering tensions between Education Minister Ruairi Quinn and a leading teachers’ union over plans to radically reform the junior cycle appear to have cooled after both parties indicated a willingness to “sit down and make this work”.

Education Minister Ruairi Quinn’s plans to abolish the Junior Certificate are in disarray after teachers voted strongly to end all co-operation with the reforms.

The priest who spoke at the funeral Mass of a young girl who took her own life has warned of the danger of glamorising suicide as it emerged that her death brings to three the number of student suicides at her school since the summer holidays.

The final week of the 2013 State exams got under way with physics and accounting for Leaving Certificate students.

A teenager due to begin his Junior Cert exams yesterday was fighting for his life in hospital after suffering head and neck injuries in a quad-bike accident on Tuesday.

A Junior Cert party thrown by parents for their daughter turned to tragedy yesterday when the girl’s father was stabbed to death in a row with neighbours over noise.

GARDAÍ in Limerick are continuing an investigation into claims by a Junior Cert student she was raped, midweek, near the city centre while out celebrating her exam results.

TRAVELLER sisters Maria and Teresa Connors yesterday staged a spectacular double-wedding at a Limerick church.

IRELAND might not be playing in this month’s Euro 2004 tournament but soccer hero Roy Keane took his place in the limelight in yesterday’s Leaving Certificate.