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Applications are open for the Back to School Clothing Allowance, which now covers toddlers
35+ min ago (272+ words) THE GOVERNMENT HAS opened applications for the 2026 Back-to-School Clothing and Footwear Allowance, with the scheme expanded this year to include children aged two and three for the first time. The change means an estimated 37, 000 additional children will now qualify for…...
Minister to bring plan for first ever SNA strategy to Cabinet today
10+ hour, 49+ min ago (371+ words) THE FIRST EVER workforce development plan for Special Needs Assistants (SNAs) will be brought to Cabinet later today. Education Minister Hildegarde Naughton will bring the plan for the future development and professionalisation of the SNA workforce to Cabinet. Documents outlining…...
Over 145, 000 students to begin their State exams today
12+ hour, 14+ min ago (358+ words) OVER 145, 000 JUNIOR Cycle and Leaving Cert students will have their written exams kick off this morning. It's a record number of candidates once again, up from 140, 000 last year (although the number that sat exams was slightly lower at 138, 000). For Leaving…...
The Leaving Cert starts next week: here's five ways students can mind themselves during exams
4+ day, 15+ hour ago (355+ words) THE LEAVING CERT exams are just around the corner and in news that might come as a relief to students, the'exam weather'seems to be disappearing. After'record-breaking temperatures'this week, the temperature is due to drop and studying might not seem like…...
Recruitment of director is latest step towards realising vision of Dublin's Irish-language hub
4+ day, 14+ hour ago (1192+ words) (Seo alt "n'r bhfoireann Gaeltachta. Is f'idir an bunleagan as Gaeilge a l'amh anseo) THE PERSON APPOINTED as director of Dublin's Irish Quarter will be tasked with working to establish Irish as the primary language in the area around Harcourt…...
Applications for July Provision to reopen after parents and schools missed one-week window
5+ day, 17+ hour ago (941+ words) APPLICATIONS FOR A scheme that provides extra educational support for children with complex special educational needs during the summer holidays will reopen, T'naiste Simon Harris has confirmed. It comes after the online portal to apply was open for just eight…...
Rearing them right: Should modern parents bring back "the man?
2+ week, 5+ day ago (1286+ words) AS A SMALL'child, I can vividly remember being bored to tears in mass on Sundays and my dad whispering into my ear that if I wasn't good, "the man would throw me out." I didn't know who the man was…...
Hear me out: Every new school building site should also be a classroom
3+ week, 1+ day ago (911+ words) LAST UPDATE | 7 hrs ago IRELAND HAS A habit of treating its biggest problems as separate files in separate departments. Housing sits over there. Education sits over here. Apprenticeships are somewhere else again. Procurement, meanwhile, is treated as the paperwork that…...
'I'd no money for food, the diesel light was on in my car': Student nurses on cost of living
3+ week, 2+ day ago (736+ words) STUDENT NURSES HAVE described the financial pressure of having to take out loans, rely on hardship funds and, in some cases, sleep in cars or stay in B&Bs to be able to complete the unpaid placements required to qualify....
ATU recently announced Springboard funding for over 40 programmes, all the way up to Master's
4+ week, 1+ day ago (688+ words) IT'S NEVER TOO late to start again. Thousands of people across Ireland are seeking higher education opportunities at various stages in life. Atlantic Technological University(ATU) makes that possible, while juggling family and career. Kate Mlynarska, a mum who calls…...