The loss of teaching jobs in second-level schools this September could lead to a brain-drain of teachers from Ireland, according to the teachers union ASTI.

A STRING of secondary school cuts imposed by Education Minister Batt O’Keeffe are making a “mockery” of equality law and deliberately targeting the most vulnerable in society, it has been claimed.

GREATER training for teachers and parents is needed to help reverse falling standards in maths that are affecting the country’s economic development, experts have recommended.

THE insistence of parents and teachers that the education budget cutbacks must be reversed was as strong in Cork at the weekend as it was when thousands protested outside the Dáil almost a month ago.

ABOUT 10,000 people are expected to take to the streets of Cork tomorrow in a protest calling for the Government to reverse cuts to education announced in last month’s budget.

The President of the Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland is today congratulating more than 50,000 students who are to receive their Junior Cert results today.

JUNIOR CERTIFICATE maths and science grades will provide welcome relief for the government and business as more than 56,000 students receive their results this morning.

The new head of the Association of Secondary Teachers is vowing to fight against any cutbacks in spending on education.

Magpies, evidently, are given to feeding on the thick coat of a horse, along with their jackdaw flying companions.

A HARDLINE member of the Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland (ASTI) could be elected to its highest position by Easter.

WATERFORD hurling manager Justin McCarthy has made three changes from the team that failed to Galway last Sunday for tomorrow’s NHL tie with Clare in Dungarvan.