Students have been urged to ignore speculation about the exams, particularly on social media, and stay focused on their studies as schools look set to remain closed.

A secondary school teacher in Cork is in self-isolation after coming in close contact with a Covid-19 case.

The government is as of yet not advising that this month's St Patrick's Day parades or other large public events be cancelled.

Those were the words of one woman to Margo Noonan, head of the Sexual Assault Treatment Unit at Cork's South Infirmary-Victoria University Hospital. It is a situation she and staff at the Cork and other SATUs are hoping to change, writes Social Affairs Correspondent Noel Baker.

Parents of children with autism are being forced to apply to up to 30 schools to secure a place for their child in the South Dublin area.

Approximately 15,000 pupils are to receive an increase in their school book grant through a new pilot scheme included in Budget 2020.

The professional body which regulates veterinary surgeons in Ireland is no longer fit for purpose with several “unwieldy” structures, a review has found.

The Department of Education has this week approved €18.75m in principal towards significant building upgrades at CIT which, it says, represents a “further boost” to the institute.

Irish students remain among the best readers in the developed world, an assessment of almost 600,000 students has found.

I’M MORE than a little worried. I’m worried about the use of a single word. I’m not usually afraid of words but there’s something sinister about this one.

Schools will be obliged to plan for electric vehicles under climate action measures added to a scheme of school building repairs and upgrades.

Families are invited to give their views on prospective patron bodies for four new primary schools opening in 2020, including a 16-classroom school in a Cork suburb.

School principals have called for more admin support to tackle their increasing workload in what is being referred to in some cases as a “burnout issue".

The spend on new school buildings has seen a cut following Budget 2020 despite an additional allocation of €300 million to the Department of Education.

The Institute of Archaeologists of Ireland (IAI) welcomes the conferring of “special core status” to history at Junior Cycle by Minister for Education Joe McHugh.

Congratulations have been extended to almost 64,500 students nationwide who are set to receive their Junior Cert results today.

A group of men who were abused as primary school students intend to run a candidate in the next general election to highlight the lack of action on redress for victims of sexual abuse in day schools.

There is sufficient scope within the Junior Cycle framework to see History become a mandatory subject again, according to the Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland (ASTI).

Seven primary schools have agreed to create school places for children with special educational needs following directions from the Minister for Education under recently introduced legislation.