Fine Gael leader, Michael Noonan today slammed the Education Minister Michael Woods, branding his record in office as a “disgrace”.

The Government is expected to offer payments of €1,300 to members of the Irish National Teachers Organisation and the Teachers Union of Ireland in an effort to avert further industrial conflict in schools.

Ireland’s three main teaching unions are to meet Education Minister Michael Woods later today ahead of planned industrial action by the ASTI next week.

Education Minister Michael Woods has called for an urgent review of exam monitoring after the discovery of a huge blunder in marking.

The Government has been criticised by the main opposition party over figures showing that nearly one in five students drops out of the nation’s universities.

Education Minister Michael Woods has told the Dail that the EC package of measures to aid struggling airlines is "inadequate".

Education Minister Michael Woods has signed an education deal with Malaysia.

One third of the ASTI delegates attending the union's annual convention in Galway have walked out of a speech by Education Minister Michael Woods.

The Education Minister Michael Woods has criticised the ASTI for rejecting the Labour Court offer without allowing teachers to vote on it.

The country's second teaching union is meeting the Education Minister Michael Woods to make clear its objections to running the state exams without striking members of the ASTI.

The Government's plan to proceed with the state exams with or without the striking ASTI teachers may have run into trouble already.

The Education Minister Michael Woods has said he is dismayed by today’s decision by the ASTI to reject the latest peace moves in the teachers pay row.