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Social media ban risks pushing children towards ‘unregulated spaces’, committee hears
3+ hour, 29+ min ago (468+ words) Imposing a ban on children accessing social media platforms creates a risk of them being pushed towards "unregulated spaces, an Oireachtas committee as heard. Catherine Cross, of the National Parents Council, described the introduction of bans on young people accessing…...
Norma Foley opposes commercial rates on childminders’ homes, but it’s beyond her control
22+ hour, 33+ min ago (486+ words) Childminders should not have their homes assessed for commercial rates, Minister for Children Norma Foley has said. Foley said she has raised the issue with the Minister for Housing James Browne, adding her view was "clear. "There isn't, and I…...
Protest urging new Dublin city Gaelcholáiste draws 100 young pupils
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (430+ words) Students at five Gaelscoileanna protested outside Leinster House on Wednesday morning calling on Minister for Education Hildegarde Naughton to provide a timeline for the development of a building for an Irish-language school catering to the Dublin 2, 4, 6 and 8 postal districts. Some…...
Schools to tell parents how much is collected in voluntary contributions and how money is spent
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (470+ words) Parents will have to be told by schools about the amount of money generated from voluntary financial contributions they are asked to make and how it is being spent under rules to be introduced by the Government. Minister for Education…...
Post-Leaving Certificate courses play growing role as routes to work and higher education
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (466+ words) Now that the CAO deadline for applications has closed, what options should students consider to give themselves the widest set of options when they receive their Leaving Cert results in late August? With the CAO closing date now passed, many…...
Two-month-old babies can categorise objects better than previously known, study finds
3+ day, 9+ min ago (375+ words) Babies as young as two months old can categorise objects in their brains much earlier than previously thought, according to new research. The research comes from scientists at Queen's University Belfast, Trinity College Dublin and Stanford University, who were assisted…...
The Irish Times view on the St Brigid’s bank holiday: marking the contribution of women
3+ day, 22+ hour ago (262+ words) The St Brigid's bank holiday celebrations this weekend mark the fifth year of invoking the Celtic goddess and Christian saint to mark women's contributions to Irish culture and society and herald the arrival of Spring. Said to have been born…...
Breda O'Brien: Transgender rights misinformation is the last thing schools need
4+ day, 10+ hour ago (433+ words) Schools are terrified of getting things wrong where transgender students are concerned. Not because they are afraid of another Enoch Burke haunting the gates of their school, or worried about legal consequences, but because this small cohort of students includes…...
Caelan Doris: ‘Therapy opened a can of worms for me. I didn’t know what I was going to find’
6+ day, 8+ min ago (1973+ words) About five years ago, Caelan Doris arrived at a blind crossroads. He believed he knew the way he had come and where he was headed, but he didn't know the guts of it yet, or the truth of it. A…...
Would I recommend becoming a teacher in Ireland? That depends ...
6+ day, 16+ hour ago (527+ words) Should you become a teacher? I find it hard to recommend the job to people these days. Some of my older colleagues will tell you that teaching has changed so much since they started. In even the 10 years I've been…...