Analysis
Katherine Donnelly: For many, the price of current dispute is too high
United we stand is a familiar catchcry in the union movement. It is a call to members to stick together, because that gives you the best chance of winning a battle.
Secondary schools have been spared a one-day strike in May after union members rejected a move to take a harder line in their long-running dispute over pay equality.
THE ASTI is not going ahead with a one-day strike on May 16.
The Government faces the threat of industrial action by Teachers' Union of Ireland (TUI) members over four separate education rows.
Growing demands from rank-and-file secondary teachers for clarity on their union's dispute strategy forced a special debate at the annual conference of the Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland (ASTI).
Teachers are subjected to violent assaults in schools, with black eyes "at the lower end of the scale of injuries".
It was those who one delegate referred to as the "silent majority" who roared loudest at the ASTI conference yesterday.
Giving up sport during an exam year is one of the "biggest mistakes" a student can make, according to ex-Ireland rugby captain Fiona Coghlan.
Desperate parents fighting to get a school place for their children are calling on the Government and the Archbishop of Dublin to intervene.
The Teachers Union of Ireland (TUI) will ballot for industrial action next October if the Government does not fully tackle pay inequality for teachers.
A special corporate tax levy of 1pc has been proposed by the Teachers' Union of Ireland (TUI) to add more than €550m per annum to the Irish education sector.
Leaving Certificate students will be able to study Mandarin Chinese, Polish, Lithuanian and Portuguese in school under a 10-year strategy on foreign languages being announced by Education Minister Richard Bruton today.
A fractious debate on pay revealed deep divisions within the Association of Secondary Teachers' Ireland (ASTI).
Cake sales, lotto draws, golf classics, bring-and-buy sales, zany dress-up days, Christmas cards and Christmas fairs.
There were roars of approving laughter when a teacher donned a Superman jacket and tie to highlight the Government hypocrisy of telling teachers they are superheroes while failing to give them the resources to do their job.
The Association of Secondary Teachers’ lreland (ASTI) is fighting for principles, but was being punished, according to its president Ed Byrne.
Tensions spilled over during a debate on pay that revealed deep divisions within the secondary teachers’ union.
PRIMARY teachers have delivered a strong call to Education Minister Richard Bruton to deliver equal pay for younger members.
A SPECIAL corporate tax levy of one per cent has been proposed by the Teachers' Union of Ireland (TUI) to add more than €550m per annum to the Irish education sector.
'Action Man' Richard Bruton regularly gives updates on his plan to make Ireland's education and training service the best in Europe within a decade.
A shortage of primary teachers could translate into a drop in education standards, Irish National Teachers' Organisation (INTO) president Rosena Jordan has warned.
The Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland (ASTI) goes into its annual conference today having lost almost 450 members in the first three months of the year, and with its own staff in revolt over an unresolved internal dispute.
Members of the Irish Federation of University Teachers (IFUT) in Trinity College Dublin have voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action as they seek "full discussions" with the college on employment practices.
Schools that don't keep costs for parents to a minimum will lose out in the State funding they receive to meet their day-to-day bills.
Members of the Irish Federation of University Teachers (IFUT) in the administration, library and support staff categories in Trinity College, Dublin, have voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action as they seek “full discussions” with the college on employment practices.
The primary teachers’ union will not give up on its battle for pay equality for new entrants until it wins, the president of the Irish National Teachers’ Organisation (INTO) Rosena Jordan said today.
Almost one in three of recent entrants to post-primary teaching believe it is unlikely, or very unlikely, that they will still be in the profession in 10 years, a recent survey found.
Revenues at one of the country's most exclusive boys' schools, Glenstal Abbey, last year soared to €4.4m as the numbers of students attending continue to increase.
The job of schools has got tougher in the era of Donald Trump and Brexit, according to a leading educationalist.
Students from disadvantaged groups will be encouraged to become teachers under a new €2.4m plan being unveiled by Education Minister Richard Bruton today.
Protestant bishops warn that plans to restrict the role of religion in school admissions will damage their communities.
Almost one-in-five secondary teachers, who qualified within the last seven years, is working at a second job to boost their income.
Two in three secondary teachers who started working in schools since 2010 are still working in temporary or part time positions.
The ASTI will ballot next month on possible industrial action in the event that one of its members is threatened with redundancy from September.
The Catholic bishops have effectively blocked the use of a religious textbook in primary schools that was not produced by their own publishing house, Veritas.
DIT lost about €718,000 after a UK-based library subscription service, called SWETS, which it had prepaid, went into administration in 2014.
There are many things I wish I'd known before I became a mother but one I didn't anticipate at all is just how much I'd miss my freedom - not to party like the child-free, you understand, but simply to book a holiday whenever I felt like it.
Maynooth University (MU) has been ranked in the top 50 of the world’s youngest universities, the best ever placing for Ireland.
There is a lot of talk about making the education system more diverse.
At this time of year many fifth year students begin to think seriously about their post-Leaving Cert options. Many feel unsure about what they would like to pursue and the thoughts of detailed research into courses can feel overwhelming.
Last week, my nephew, who is studying for the Leaving Certificate, broke out in a rash. A flurry of tests and even an x-ray resulted in no conclusive diagnosis. Having recently completed his 'mocks', shortly to complete his French and Irish orals, plus a sister who two years ago...
A Universal Social Charge-style (USC) levy would be a better way to meet the funding needs of higher education than the proposed student loan system, according to new analysis.
The proposed student loan scheme would cost the Exchequer €10bn over 12 years, an economist claimed.
The ASTI is hardening its position in the long-running disputes over pay and junior cycle reform.
An 800-pupil international school opening in south Dublin in September next year will be hoping to cash in on the influx of company executives expected to relocate to Ireland in the wake of Brexit.
ASTI leaders meeting Saturday (April 1) may consider a new ballot of members in their long-running rows over pay and junior cycle reform.
AN 800-pupil international school is to open in south Dublin in September 2018, it was confirmed today.
Three institutes of technology continue to have "significant" financial deficits, according to the Higher Education Authority (HEA).
Laws allowing Irish schools to use religion as part of their admission criteria are no longer tenable, a commissioner at the Council of Europe has warned.
Concerns have been raised about an app that school principals are warning is linked to cyberbullying.
A number of young people dealing with anxiety have opened up about how an alternative to school has changed their lives.