Parents and teachers of a secondary school in Kinvara, Co Galway, are set to take legal action against the Minister for Education Mary Hanafin.

SCHOOLS countrywide are struggling to get additional psychological assessments for pupils once they reach their quota of two assessments per annum, the Labour Party claimed yesterday.

Over 4,000 pupils in Munster and Leinster are to benefit from a new Public Private Partnership construction programme unveiled this morning by the Minister for Education Mary Hanafin.

A new college course in medicine is to be established by the Minister for Education Mary Hanafin.

A €20m world-class bio-technology centre will be opened today by the Minister for Education Mary Hanafin.

The 58,000 Junior Cert students receiving their exam results must celebrate in a sensible and responsible way, the Minister for Education Mary Hanafin warned today.

Sinn Féin spokesperson on education Seán Crowe has welcomed the report on educational advantage and has challenged the Minister for Education Mary Hanafin to act in light of its findings.

Fine Gael is calling on the Minister for Education Mary Hanafin to intervene in the Laytown school crisis.

The Minister for Education Mary Hanafin is representing the Government at the Battle of the Somme commemorations in France today.

The Minister for Education Mary Hanafin today gave the go-ahead for 40 new schools to be constructed around the country.

A new two-part Leaving Cert will be introduced by the Minister for Education Mary Hanafin early next year in order to reduce exam stress.

The Government has announced the creation of 660 extra special needs teaching positions in primary schools.

THE Commission on Child Abuse has been given an extension of three years beyond its current closing date of May 2005, the Government said yesterday.