East Cork schools can’t keep up with the rise in demand, writes Jess Casey

Family members may be forced to communicate with each other by phone in their own homes if a member of the household is awaiting test results for the coronavirus.

The students and teachers of Gaelscoil an Ghoirt Álainn are delighted to be finally moving into their very first bricks and mortar school, after spending more than two decades in prefabs in an overflow carpark of Brian Dillons GAA club, writes Jess Casey.

A spokesperson for the Irish Coastguard has warned that gale force winds could impede the search for a missing fisherman off the south east coast this morning.

The minister for state for higher education has rejected the notion that the creation of new professorships exclusively for women at 12 third-level institutes discriminates against men.

On January 2, 2020, Jess Casey outlined in the Irish Examiner the details of fatalities on our roads, which saw a “worrying increase” in the number of drivers killed in crashes in 2019.

In a bid to address the gender imbalance at a senior level across the sector, twenty new professorships specifically for women are to be in place by September.

The internet is a vital utility, but two thirds of primary schools lag behind the minimum speed in the National Broadband Plan. Jess Casey talks to teachers whose schools enjoy high-speed internet and to some whose schools do not

Jess Casey finds out what someone can expect to hear when they call Women’s Aid

The pupils of this gaelscoil are doing neither sums nor spelling at home this month, working instead on random acts of kindness. Jess Casey talked to them and their vice principal about the profound benefits of guiding the children to focus on being kind to everyone — including themselves.

Creches are to be given a financial bailout after the Government bowed to pressure to intervene in the insurance crisis that is threatening childcare providers.

Survivors of abuse, along with legal experts and academics have lined up in opposition to controversial legislation to seal millions of child abuse records for 75 years.

Sixty years on, and dozens of roses, frocks and party pieces later, the Rose of Tralee International Festival has returned to the Kingdom writes Jess Casey. Love it or loathe it, the annual festival has seen both its ups and downs through its long history, including a televised proposal, financial woes, a gatecrashing priest and a potential boycott.

An Irish firm which provides services to Apple has confirmed that job losses are on the cards after a “client project” finished early.

Jess Casey A few years ago, student Darragh Cotter couldn’t leave his room due to his severe anxiety, and ended up leaving his mainstream school.

Nearly half of parents say they will cut back or not pay a bill to meet school costs, writes Jess Casey.

Jess Casey More than 1,200 people with severe mental illnesses are at risk of abuse, having been left in “mini-institutions with little prospect of receiving rehabilitation” into independent living, the Mental Health Commission has found.

More than 50 women caught up in the latest CervicalCheck controversy have tested positive for the HPV virus.

Three senior Irish Examiner journalists and an Echo reporter were among the winners of this year's Justice Media Awards.

The online bullying of Ana Kriegel is one of the many harrowing strands of the case that we must address. An online safety commissioner is being discussed, writes Jess Casey

Despite being scared of her own shadow, Jess Casey volunteers to join the crew at the Nightmare Realm to see if she has what it takes to terrify the punters.