Fianna Fail TD Billy Kelleher described himself as "elated, honoured and humbled" after being elected to the European Parliament.

Another day of drama is expected in the Ireland South count today, as Seán Kelly became the first MEP elected in the constituency.

Independents 4 Change candidate Mick Wallace continues to be the surprise story of the Ireland South vote.

More than 25,000 of the spoiled votes in the Ireland South ballot were left entirely blank.

Fine Gael MEP Deirdre Clune is at real risk of losing the seat she won in 2014, with an official exit poll placing her seventh on first preferences in the five seat constituency.

Europe holds the key to solving the housing crisis and action now could help "restore trust" in the EU, Labour's Ireland South MEP candidate Sheila Nunan believes.

Fianna Fáil TD and Ireland South MEP election candidate Billy Kelleher has been accused of "selling out" traditional pro-life party support over his decision to back the removal of the eighth amendment.

A major row has erupted within Fine Gael after junior minister Andrew Doyle was ordered not to attend a hustings event next week, after previously being told he could go.

The State’s largest teaching union has called for statutory time off work after miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy and fertility treatment as part of a comprehensive review of current sick leave entitlements.

A breakthrough in securing pay equality for new entrants to primary school teaching has been signalled by the Irish National Teachers’ Organisation (INTO) after a form of wording has been agreed with Government.

The latest figures to confirm they will seek an MEP seat were Independents Mick Wallace and Clare Daly, who will run in Ireland South and Dublin.

The planned building of an incinerator at Ringaskiddy is the wrong option because of new binding EU recycling targets, Labour’s Sheila Nunan has warned.

The Government has been called on to put together a proper bid for Ireland to host the new European Labour Authority (ELA), with Cork flagged as a viable location.

Joe Leogue Both Fine Gael and Labour selected candidates for the European Parliament elections in the Ireland South constituency yesterday.

The INTO continues to fight for equal pay and pension rights for all teachers and never ‘colluded’ with Government to cut new entrants’ pay, says Sheila Nunan.

Two largest unions opposed to Government pay gap proposals

More than 43,000 primary teachers are voting over the next month to elect the head of one of the country’s biggest unions.

A vote for industrial action in schools could leave more than 36,000 primary teachers thousands of euro out of pocket in pursuit of equal pay for equal work.

The Government is likely to pass this week’s proposed pay restoration measures for teachers at next month’s budget with the possibility of school strikes looming large.

Trade unions, housing advocates, and community and campaign groups have come together to call for a radical shift in housing policy.

Teacher unions will be consulted by a steering group examining ways to deal with the problems schools face in recruiting teachers, the Department of Education has promised.

The Government has been accused by teachers’ leaders of ‘fake news’ over suggestions that unions did not prioritise pay equality for newer entrants to the profession in last year’s pay talks.

The Government has been warned of a backlash at the ballot box by 70,000 teachers and their families if pay equality is not addressed in upcoming talks.

All three teachers’ unions have unanimously passed an emergency motion on pay inequality paving the way for joint strikes by 70,000 teachers.

Latest: The Cabinet has been meeting in Sligo this morning as it prepares to unveil its investment plans for the country for the next 25 years.

The recruitment of teachers to cover substitution needs is expensive and ineffective, Richard Bruton says.

Irish primary pupils are the best in Europe at reading and boys here have improved their skills more than girls in the last five years.

Colleges are to be given deadlines to improve recruitment and promotion practices that do not support gender equality.

The Irish Congress of Trade Unions is calling on the Government to declare a housing emergency.

The INTO is recommending rejection of yesterday's public sector pay deal, to its 36,000 members.

Even the most determined society struggles to eradicate the kind of disadvantage that condemns people, from a very young age and through no fault of their own, to a life where hardship is the dominant theme.

Education Minister Richard Bruton’s planned expansion of a scheme to tackle disadvantage in schools has been described as short on the resources needed to address the issues.

It is Easter and members of the teaching profession have gathered together in various towns throughout Ireland to highlight and discuss the many issues facing the profession.

The director of the Workplace Relations Commission has urged both sides of the ongoing Luas dispute to “step down their rhetoric” ahead of proposed strike action next week.

The country’s 33,000 primary school teachers are to be balloted for industrial action this week over what their union claimed was the Department of Education’s ban on work promotions in schools and an increased workload.

The country’s 33,000 primary school teachers will be balloted for industrial action over, what their union says, is the continued ban on job promotion in schools as well as an increasing workload.

Education Minister Jan O’Sullivan has promised to eradicate the “scandal” of prefab classrooms.

Schools should have a 15% cut to extra teaching for pupils with disabilities reversed while they wait for a new system of allocating special needs staff, a union has claimed.

As a member of the INTO I was delighted to see our general secretary, Sheila Nunan, quoted in your paper (22/8) describing the JobBridge scheme as ‘exploitative’ and urging young teachers not to be pressured into taking up a JobBridge placement.

The country’s largest teaching union has described JobBridge as “exploitative” and urged teachers who are looking for work not to do so under the Government’s work placement scheme.

Children, families and schools could be waiting another fortnight to find out what level of special needs assistant care will be available in September for pupils with care needs.