Senator David Norris has said he intends to pursue the case of The Glebe Primary Montessori School, Celbridge, with the Department of Education.

The Minister for Education and Science Batt O’Keeffe outlines the rationale behind the stringent measures announced in Budget 2009 for the education sector.

Minister O’Keeffe has promised to publish on the internet the list of schools scheduled for building, along with their prioritisation within the programme.

Right Rev Ken Good, Bishop of Derry and Raphoe, said the Budget proposals break a 1968 agreement reached by the church with the State.

Fine Gael Education spokesman Brian Hayes outlined 32 cuts in education not mentioned by Minister Brian Lenihan in his budget speech.

In outlining the Budget measures, Minister Batt O’Keeffe called on the education partners to “work with him in collectively meeting challenges”.

With only a fortnight left to the application deadline for the Summers Works Scheme, no forms have yet been made available by the Department.

October 15 is an important date for all with an interest in School Age Care, when an exciting conference on the subject will be held in Maynooth.

An OECD report confirms that Irish primary teachers teach some of the largest classes in the developed world, and also have longer teaching hours.

Minister Batt O’Keeffe seeks to convince educators that the government strategy on class size is working - but the figures speak for themselves.

The first state-run primary schools in the Republic opened in Dublin this morning and will operate under the auspices of County Dublin VEC.

As the new academic year gets underway, an estimated 100,000 out of the country’s 500,000 primary school pupils are in classes of over 30.

The new school buildings are permanent, have airy full-sized classrooms, are networked for IT, and have proper facilities for children with special needs.

Twenty-six schools have builders at the ready but cannot get the promised cash from the Department, according to information revealed by Brian Hayes.

The first Catholic state-funded academy, catering for children from age three to sixteen, has been formally opened in London by Bishop Patrick Lynch.

A joint statement from the National Association of Principals and Deputy Principals (NAPD) and the Irish Primary Principals’ Network (IPPN).

The Department of Education has reneged on an agreement to sanction a new Educate Together multi-denominational school in West Dublin.

The fact that the Department of Education has no detailed view of the school network for which it is responsible has been dubbed “a major failure”.

Primary schools have been informed by circular that they must retain the pupil-to-teacher ratio of 27:1 for the school year 2008-09.

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