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Did you hear? The Leaving Cert exams are just around the corner
11+ hour, 15+ min ago (198+ words) This week in The Irish Times, Conversations with Parents brings you a special episode to help parents and students navigate the next few weeks. Meanwhile, Brian Mooney writes today on how to manage the final days before the exams and…...
I liken it a little to doping in sport: Is use of AI in classrooms a help or hindrance?
18+ hour, 35+ min ago (1396+ words) How long do butterflies live for? Why do they have wings? And where do they live? These are some of the questions the junior infants class of St Joseph's Primary School in Dundalk, Co Louth, ask their artificial intelligence (AI)…...
Opinion: Under-16s say a social media ban won't work. The Government needs to listen to them
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (632+ words) Thirty organisations representing young people across Europe have a message for the adults drafting laws in their name: don't ban us from social media; make it safe. They are not the same thing. The National Youth Assembly was asked to…...
Tusla hires security guards due to staffing shortages at centre for very vulnerable children
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (494+ words) Tusla hired security guards for special care workers and residents due to critically low staffing levels at one secure care unit for children in the past fortnight. The issue will be raised before Judge John Jordan in the High Court…...
Dave Hannigan: Figure skater's against-the-odds Olympic qualification a fitting tribute to late parents
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (592+ words) Vadim Naumov was introduced to Evgenia "Zhenya" Shishkova in 1985 in what was still known then as the city of Leningrad. His coach had a notion that the two should work on a few routines to see if they might make…...
There's an issue around mindset': Parents on hybrid working and childcare pressures
3+ day, 16+ hour ago (701+ words) Hybrid working has been an essential part of family life for thousands since the pandemic, but as Shane and Audrey Lambert acknowledge, even then "you have to juggle. Audrey is a staff officer with Dublin City Council, Shane a senior…...
What matters is how, not whether, children use laptops in schools
4+ day, 17+ hour ago (202+ words) Sir, " The recent article questioning school laptop requirements raises valid concerns around cost, screen time and the influence of educational technology companies (Why Ireland needs to stop forcing parents to buy their children laptops for school," Life, May 12th). However, describing…...
S'amas O'Reilly: Some days you forget parenting is properly, annoyingly hard. This was not one of those days
4+ day, 19+ hour ago (783+ words) S'amas O'Reilly: One of those days that makes you realise parenting is properly hard The Irish Times A skin infection, rejection from nursery, a bit of light shoplifting and, to top the day off, a not-entirely-glowing review of my new…...
The childminder exodus: "I love it. .. Leaving was not an easy decision
4+ day, 19+ hour ago (695+ words) A childminder has said she is "devastated" to leave her role but has decided to do so due to the introduction of new regulations for the sector over recent years. Leigh Ann Gilmore (54), from Lucan, west Dublin said she will…...
Why summer before sixth year matters for students considering UK university
5+ day, 17+ hour ago (912+ words) For Irish students considering studying in the UK, especially for competitive courses such as medicine, law and engineering, or for applications to Oxford or Cambridge, preparation needs to begin in fifth year. Many students only realise too late that the…...