Secondary school teachers are calling on the Education Minister Ruairi Quinn to rethink plans to radically reform the junior cycle.

Two teenagers have been questioned by gardaí investigating the suicide of Erin Gallagher, who took her life after claiming she was being bullied.

The union representing secondary-school teachers has insisted they are doing everything they can to tackle cyberbullying — but admits the issue is almost impossible to stamp out.

ALMOST 4,300 students at one in eight second-level schools did a Junior Certificate Irish oral exam this year despite union bans on teachers conducting the tests.

THE “smart economy” sought by Government is being seriously undermined by its own policies and education cutbacks.

THE number of students getting the highest marks in the Leaving Certificate has fallen for the first time in almost a decade, official figures reveal.