The Department of Education has insisted that second-level schools are obliged to ensure extra teaching hours allocated for guidance are used for that purpose.

ANOTHER rise in the overall number of applications could see increased competition for school leavers seeking entry to college in the autumn.

TWO horse racing legends led the field a merry dance at Munster Rugby’s annual golf classic at Dundrum House Hotel in Cashel.

IRELAND’S first nationwide campaign to raise awareness of childhood bed-wetting, which affects 46,000 children, gets underway next week.