Latest: The Minister for Education, Richard Bruton, has "broadly welcomed" the move by the ETBI to no longer hold communion preparation classes during the school day at Community National Schools.

The Minister for Education is set to hear calls for pay rises for teachers at unions' conferences this week.

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The Minister for Education, Jan O'Sullivan, is to review a new schools database which would have held personal details about primary students until they reach the age of 30.

The Minister for Education has failed to grasp that once a principle is compromised it’s as worthless as a pre-election promise. 

Almost 57,000 people will receive their Leaving Cert results today, and one of them achieved nine A1s.

The Minister for Education has revealed details this morning of a new grading system for the Leaving Certificate that could be place in three years' time.

The Teacher's Union of Ireland said classroom safety is being greatly compromised because many year head positions aren't being filled.

The Minister for Education Ruairi Quinn is asking schools to start surveying parents on uniform policy.

390 additional Special Needs Assistants posts have been announced.

Teachers say they are unprepared for the new Junior Cert syllabus which will be phased in for first year students from next September.

The Minister for Education, Ruairí Quinn, has said that unemployment benefit needs to be made unattractive to young people so that it will be treated as a last resort.

The Minister for Education, Ruairi Quinn, said he will not respond to threats of industrial action by the Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland.

The Minister for Education, Ruairi Quinn, has announced his intention to appoint Pat Delaney as the Chairperson of SOLAS.

The Minister for Education said there is some merit in proposals from publicans to get parents to bring their teenagers to pubs in order to encourage responsible drinking.

The Minister for Education is refusing to clarify where cuts will be sought within his department in October’s budget.

The Minister for Education said he still can't put a figure on the cutbacks he will have to make in next month's budget.

The Minister for Education says new legislation on enrolment procedures will ensure schools will no longer be able to turn away children with learning difficulties.

The Minister for Education Ruairi Quinn is today publishing legislation which he says will make the schools enrolment system fairer for children and parents.

The Minister for Education, Ruairi Quinn, said he will protect "as best he can" frontline services in schools and colleges from Budget cuts.

The Minister for Education Ruairí Quinn was greeted with a stony silence as he addressed the Teachers Union of Ireland's annual conference in Galway.

The body representing primary school principals in Ireland is calling on the Government to ease the workload of its members.

The Minister for Education says he is satisfied with the cuts he has made in his own department.

The Minister for Education Ruairí Quinn has welcomed new figures showing the number of students staying in school until the Leaving Cert has hit a record high.

The Minister for Education Ruairí Quinn says he will seek legal advice on whether or not county councils can ask for proof of payment of the household charge before processing student grant applications.

The Minister for Education Ruairi Quinn has brought a High Court action seeking to clarify a Labour Court finding that a teacher is an employee of the Minister.

The Minister for Education Ruairi Quinn will appear before a Joint Oireachtas Committee on jobs, social protection and education today.

The Minister for Education Ruairi Quinn has said a decision on the cuts to be made to disadvantaged schools will be made after his department carries out an investigation of the impact they will have on services.

The Minister for Education Ruairi Quinn has welcomed the building of 14 new schools under the 2011 Rapid Delivery Programme.

The number of subjects which students can take at Junior Cert level is to be limited to eight under a new strategy aimed at improving literacy.

The Minister for Education has been met with stoney silence at the TUI annual congress in Ennis.

The Minister for Education is expected to receive another frosty reception when she visits her second teacher conference in as many days.

A union representing secondary school teachers has ruled out industrial action before this year's exams.

The Minister for Education is under pressure to account for every child that was confined to a Magdalene laundry since the foundation of the State.

The Minister for Education says there is enough capacity in public schools for private students whose parents can no longer afford the fees.

The Minister for Education, Batt O’Keeffe, has given Cork Institute of Technology the go-ahead to buy a €5.8m site from US electronics firm Tyco-Sensormatic to expand its campus.

The Minister for Education is seeking meetings with business group IBEC and their high-tech division ICT to discuss concerns over the low-level of take-up of maths and science at Leaving Cert.

The Minister for Education has announced details of 1,000 postgraduate third-level places for unemployed workers in September.

The Minister for Education is expected to face another angry reception when he attends the annual conference of the Teachers Union of Ireland today.

THE Construction Industry Federation claims 55,000 jobs will be lost within six months unless Government reinvigorates capital infrastructure plans and banks start issuing mortgages.

Almost 6,000 students from Munster gathered in Cork today to voice their united opposition to a re-introduction of third-level fees.

The Minister for Education has granted approval for 25 new school building projects, which will now proceed to the tender and construction phases.

The Minister for Education says he is investigating whether or not third-level institutions are giving good value for money.