On this, the United Nations’ (UN) World Day of Social Justice, it is imperative that we take action to tackle poverty, social and economic exclusion and unemployment.

The recent rescue of a trawler 20km north of Fanad Head in Co Donegal gave us a glimpse of the enormous seas that occasionally strike that part of the coast.

Irish primary school classes are among the largest and worst-funded in Europe, a report has found.

Parents who are asked to accept a shorter school day for their children with special needs should refuse to do so, the lead author of a new report has suggested.

Parents who are asked to accept a shorter school day for their children with special needs should refuse to do so, the lead author of a new report has suggested.

This delay is undermining confidence in a resolution negotiated last April, the largest teaching union in Ireland has warned.

Primary schools across the country are being forced to resort to fundraising to ensure basic costs can be covered, the primary teachers’ union has warned.

“Intrusive questioning” of families requiring educational supports has become a headache for primary school teachers, the INTO congress has heard.

The joys of a deputy principal in a small primary school range from chasing mice to unblocking toilets to “cleaning up after lost heifers”, the INTO annual congress has heard.

The State’s largest teaching union has called for statutory time off work after miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy and fertility treatment as part of a comprehensive review of current sick leave entitlements.

Minister for Education Joe McHugh has initiated a pilot project to teach Irish through physical education (PE) in primary schools.

A breakthrough in securing pay equality for new entrants to primary school teaching has been signalled by the Irish National Teachers’ Organisation (INTO) after a form of wording has been agreed with Government.

Deputy Chief Constable Stephen Martin said police believe more than one person was involved in the shooting.

More than 43,000 primary teachers are voting over the next month to elect the head of one of the country’s biggest unions.

The Government has been warned of a backlash at the ballot box by 70,000 teachers and their families if pay equality is not addressed in upcoming talks.

A war that will bring down the Government was promised by the leader of the country’s 35,000 primary teachers if they are unhappy with the outcome of imminent talks about lower-paid teachers.

Teachers unions and groups working with young people have welcomed Education Minister Richard Bruton’s plans for a review of sex education in schools.

Children will be the big losers if equal pay for recent entrants and shortages of substitute teachers are not urgently addressed, the president of the Irish National Teachers’ Organisation (INTO) said.

Certainly, there were vegetarian restaurants in Ireland before Café Paradiso but you’d be hard-pressed to imagine any of them being accepted into the fine dining club at the upper end of the market all of 25 years ago when it first opened.

Do, please, come in and sit down, 2018! Extend your palm thusly, that Mystic Menu might divine your path over the coming 12 months. As always, this Al-Menu-nac for the year ahead begins with a brief look at predictions delivered in January last year, the hits and the misses.

A planning accolade awarded to Derry is deserved recognition for efforts to regenerate and reunify the city, the organisers have said.

A Sinn Féin mayor has refused to meet the Prince of Wales on his visit to Derry today.