Ministers enter Education portfolio amid teacher recruitment 'crisis', says union

Fine Gael’s Helen McEntee has been appointed Minister for Education and Youth. File photo

Calls to pause Leaving Cert reforms, a teacher recruitment crisis and employment precarity at third-level institutions are some of the key issues in education facing new ministers.

Fine Gael’s Helen McEntee has been appointed Minister for Education and Youth, while Fianna Fail's James Lawless has been appointed as Minister for Further and Higher Education.