Remarks by ASTI general secretary John White to delegates at the teacher union’s annual convention in the Malton Hotel, Killarney, on 15 April 2009.

Remarks by TUI president Don Ryan to delegates at the union’s annual congress in the Rochestown Park Hotel, Douglas, Cork on 15 April 2009

Remarks by the Minister for Education and Science Batt O’Keeffe on 14 April 2009 at the 141st INTO annual congress held in Letterkenny.

Remarks by Paul Rowe, chief executive of Educate Together, at the INTO annual congress 2009 which was held in Letterkenny from 13 to 15 April.

Remarks by INTO general secretary John Carr to at the union’s annual convention in the Mount Errigal Hotel, Letterkenny, on 14 April 2009.

Remarks by ASTI president John Hurley to delegates at the teacher union’s annual convention in the Malton Hotel, Killarney, on 14 April 2009.

Remarks by Peter MacMenamin, TUI general secretary, on April 14 at the union’s annual congress in the Rochestown Park Hotel, Douglas, Cork.

Speech by INTO President Declan Kelleher on 13 April 2009, at the union’s annual congress in the Mount Errigal Hotel, Letterkenny, Co Donegal.

“The vast majority of the children involved are Irish citizens, whose services appear to have been selected for reduction on ethnic grounds.”

A UK union has called for the immediate suspension of wi-fi in classrooms until a longterm study into its health effects has been carried out.

“Key attributes of the successful US research universities: emphasising and concentrating excellence, attracting the best talent, and fostering creativity.”