Some families in marginalised areas believe their children are destined to get involved in drugs or crime simply because of where they live, research with parents of early school leavers suggests.

While most families scrape by to get their children back to school, there are others for whom their children’s education is a secondary concern to getting them through life.

LGBT applicants for teacher training are more likely to consider the job a vehicle for social change, according to a study.

WE wish to bring attention to the Traveller accommodation crisis in Waterford. Eleven Traveller families were evicted from Kilbarry halting site by the city council on September 7.