A joint statement has been issued by the Irish Primary Principals’ Network and the National Parents Council Primary on the myth of free education.

WHO’S WHO introduces people who are making an important contribution to education in Ireland today.

Teachers in Wales may get a new tool to counter bullying if education minister Jane Hutt agrees to roll out a mental toughness questionnaire.

The first step in the development of guidelines on school attendance strategies was taken today at a national conference on the subject.

The Department of Education has dismayed the education community and employers by backtracking on its decision to introduce three new syllabi.

Six-year-old Luca Murphy cannot go to school because the autism outreach unit in the local Castleknock school where he is enrolled has not yet opened.

A new report on diversity in a multi-ethnic primary school in Clondalkin identifies language as the greatest challenge to effective teaching.

Lift Off is a human rights educational initiative which teaches children about human rights and is likely to improve their behaviour and attitudes.

A Fine Gael TD has warned that young children are being harmed by heavy schoolbags that can weigh as much as 10% of their own body weight.

A UK vice-chancellor has accused the Government of encouraging people to view education simply as a passport to the world of work.

The geology department at Trinity College is arranging delivery of the 60,000 pieces of six common kinds of rock to all primary and post-primary schools.

Minister Mary Hanafin has published the report by J M Consulting on the application by Waterford Institute of Technology for university status.

A survey of university staff indicates that over a quarter want to work beyond the age of 65, but they are unclear about the policies of their institutions.

Work is to begin within weeks at Mungret, on the outskirts of Limerick city, on a school for children who are unable to access mainstream education.

Former teacher Deputy Joe McHugh (Fine Gael) claims that children in Donegal are continuing to fall behind because of oversized classes.

Poems by Cathal O Searcaigh may be removed from the Leaving Cert syllabus following the screening of a controversial documentary.

The outlying Clonmel campus of Tipperary Rural and Business Development Institute is to be used as a centre for research and postgraduate studies.

Media claims that agricultural colleges in Clonakilty, Pallaskenry, Gurteen and Warrenstown faced possible closure have been denied.

The first graduates of a new course at Trinity College for people with an intellectual disability have been awarded Certificates in Contemporary Living.

Minister for Education Mary Hanafin has announced an allocation of €97 million for research funding, under Cycle II of the Strategic Innovation Fund.