Education Minister Dr Michael Woods is briefing the Cabinet on the impending teachers row and contingency plans for schools.

The Minister for Education is dismissing claims by a leading education expert that there is not enough emphasis on science and technology in Irish primary schools.

Minister for Education Dr Michael Woods has congratulated students, parents and teachers on this year’s Leaving Certificate results - which he described as "very satisfactory".

The Minister for Education, Dr Michael Woods has launched an action plan to prevent school dropouts.

Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness has rejected a claim by the North's First Minister that a meeting with the Minister for Health and Education in Dublin today is an electoral stunt.