Members of the Teachers Union of Ireland are to strike on Tuesday, February 4.

New secondary school teachers hired since 2011 have been on a lower pay scale than their more senior colleagues. Their union is demanding they be put on the same pay as their senior colleagues.

The State Examinations Commission needs to recruit suitably qualified and experienced teachers “in greater numbers” to correct Leaving Certificate examination papers, the Teachers Union of Ireland has urged.

Almost 58,800 students receiving their results this morning are reminded to remain calm in the days and weeks ahead regardless of what the day brings.

There is 'palpable anger and frustration' about ongoing pay discrepancies for teachers in Ireland.

The divisiveness of Trump’s America First policy and the centenary of parliamentary voting rights for some women featured in the first Leaving Certificate politics and society exams.

Teachers unions and groups working with young people have welcomed Education Minister Richard Bruton’s plans for a review of sex education in schools.

Nearly 160,000 people have significant variations in their hours of work, writes Michael Clifford

One of the country’s largest unions has voted to accept the new public service pay deal, but has warned that it expects discussions aimed at ending the two-tier pay scales currently imposed upon its members.

Impact, the largest public service union in the country, has recommended acceptance of the new public service pay agreement.

The INTO is recommending rejection of yesterday's public sector pay deal, to its 36,000 members.

Secondary schools could face closures in the coming months as teachers prepare to ballot on pay and reform proposals which their union recommends be rejected.

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Staff at Cork Institute of Technology yesterday continued their opposition to management’s plan to hire a student counsellor by protesting at the job interviews for the post.

Relief teachers who are members of the ASTI say they are finding themselves impacted because of the union's opposition to the new Junior Cert cycle.

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Reduced pay and low hours are driving the best young graduates away from teaching as a profession, a leading union has warned.

CIT lecturers are taking industrial action to oppose the downgrading of staff and knock-on effects on their students’ education, writes Dr Tom O’Connor

The largest secondary teachers’ union, the Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland (Asti), decided last night to continue its current industrial action against junior cycle reforms.

The Lansdowne Road agreement on public service pay has been given another boost after a third trade union voted to accept the contents of the deal.

Tens of thousands of Leaving and Junior Certificates completed relatively straightforward German exams yesterday - experts say the papers contained “no massive surprises” and would have suited the majority of students.

A water tank featured on both the higher and ordinary level Junior Certificate maths exam.

The Teachers Union of Ireland is to recommend its members reject the new public sector pay deal.

The Teachers Union of Ireland is making a fresh appeal for more talks on Junior Cert reform.

Education Minister Jan O’Sullivan has said she is hopeful of a breakthrough in the dispute with secondary school unions over the new assessment proposals for the Junior Certificate.

Up to 30,000 secondary school teachers are on strike again today in a row over Junior Cycle reform.

I, and the Student Council of St Patrick’s Classical School, Navan, are supporting the continued industrial action taken by our teachers in our school and around the country who oppose the implacement of the current reforms of the Junior Certificate, which are being implemented by the current Minister for Education and Skills, Jan O’Sullivan.

Ahead of next week’s planned one-day strike, second-level teaching unions have said they are willing to enter talks on the Junior Cycle — but only if their concerns about training and resource levels and the requirement to assess their own students are addressed.

The General Secretary of the Teachers Union of Ireland John McGabhann has said secondary school teachers may go on strike before Christmas, in a row over reforms to the Junior Cert.

To resist unsound changes to the junior cycle being imposed by Government, members of the Association of Secondary Teachers of Ireland (ASTI) and the Teachers Union of Ireland (TUI) have voted overwhelmingly for industrial action.

The 17,000 members of the country’s largest second-level teaching union have threatened a campaign of strikes over plans to have members assess their own pupils as part of the new Junior Cycle student award.