Women’s Aid has said it disagrees with the proposed legislation due to financial hardship, safety, and privacy concerns

Schools will be able to recruit newly-qualified teachers graduating this summer as well as undergraduate student teachers who have registered with the Teaching Council

This means that the party leaders — Mr Martin and Taoiseach Leo Varadkar — will have to cut people if they want to promote anyone

Micheál Martin is expected to be appointed to the ministry of Foreign Affairs on becoming Tánaiste.

The girl with Down Syndrome had spent most of her school day in a foyer outside the classroom and away from her classmates

Budget 2023 also includes funding to open 370 new special classes next year, covering 2,000 additional places

Political pressure around autism classes for schools in June saw Minister Josepha Madigan pushing schools to open autism classes for September. But what happens when the 'quick fix' breaks children?

Profoundly deaf children have yet to be allocated sign language interpreters in school, six months after the positions were first promised.

Robert Troy's resignation comes against the background of an utterly broken housing market stacked against the have-nots

Josepha Madigan announces a record number of new special classes — but teachers and inclusion advocates say the provision is still only minimal

Three schools, in Dublin and Cork, will provide additional special education places

With a key minister on leave, and several TDs 'knocking at the door' for promotion, Fine Gael leader has a lot of juggling to do

The school will be located on an interim basis in Rochestown in a premises which will become available in early 2023.

Special education minister said she would be 'relentless' and would put schools that 'refused to engage' with the department in the spotlight

Members of an Oireachtas committee meeting heard of SNAs being asked to do tasks outside of their remit such as cleaning fish tanks, washing cars and gardening work

The debate heard a call for the resignation of Minister of State for Special Education and Inclusion Josepha Madigan.

The judge wrote that it seems to "demonstrate a marked lack of communication" between Minister Josepha Madigan and the National Council for Special Education

Norma Foley tells Oireachtas committee that her department is alerting the Department of Children to areas where there is school capacity but its first priority is to provide

Education Act gives the minister the power to compel a school to open a special class and Special Education Minister Josepha Madigan confirmed stage one of legal process has been completed

Higher Education Minister Simon Harris said the reason he entered public life was because of lack of services for people with additional needs

Fierce reaction from disability advocates to 'stop gap' plan for children with special educational needs

The Government is planning to create special education centres as an emergency response to the shortage of appropriate school places for vulnerable children.

Parents told there will be no summer programme in 26 special schools this year

You know what needs to be done, Taoiseach. Decide to commence the act in full, and do it now

Senator quizzes minister about country's current defence capabilities

Scheme includes the running of numeracy and literacy summer camps in Deis primary schools, among other things

You couldn’t be up to them, could you? The religious orders in Ireland, I mean. Let’s talk about one of them in particular, the Holy Ghost Fathers. Or the Spiritans, as they’re grandly called.

TDs across the political spectrum have united in expressing their shock and condemnation at the killing of Ashling Murphy.

Katie and Charlie Gould got almost 100 people to sign their special Christmas cards  calling for autism classes in the secondary schools in Ballincollig in Cork

Josepha Madigan has announced the commencement of a full review of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004

Last year, schools could ‘bank’ the hours that SETs had been used to cover mainstream absences and use them at other times

Minister for Education Norma Foley highlights increase of more than 20% in funding for the Déis programme that will allow it to expand into more schools

Councillor adds her story after TD says sexual assault of women is more common than many believe

Noeline Blackwell of the Dublin RapeC risis centre said people who heard Ms Madigan’s speech would recognise that she was speaking out of her own experience

Noeline Blackwell of the Dublin RapeCrisis centre said people who heard Ms Madigan’s speech would recognise that she was speaking out of her own experience

Archaeologists in Kerry are in a race against time and tide, writes Clodagh Finn, as our priceless historical heritage is slowly eroded away by the sea.

Three sets of Cork parents fear their children with autism will regress after being refused places in secondary school 

Green Party senator criticises lack of whole-school ventilation and reliance on gas boilers

Mary Lou McDonald needs to clarify and justify past decisions

A number of Fine Gael members have voiced their dissatisfaction with the level of communication between the Government and the public in recent weeks, with TDs warning that "the public has been lost".

Currently, special schools are operating for students at 50% capacity, with students attending on alternate days or schedules.

Blame and guilt-tripping will only cause further division 

Josepha Madigan: 'I in no way intended offence towards anyone who works with children with special educational needs.'

However, arrangements have yet to be made for post-primary students