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PREVIEW AND PICTURES: Heywood Captains grace Croke Park ahead of All Ireland Schools football final

Heywood Community School's day of destiny arrives on Saturday as they line up in the All Ireland Post Primary Senior 'C' football final. Captains Alan McWey and Conor McWey recently got the chance to go to Croke Park for a media day promoting the ...

11 Mar 2022 at 19:23

National News

Explainer: How does the Covid-19 antigen test system work in primary schools

Free antigen tests being available to all primary school children so how does it work? Parents and guardians are being advised to contact the principal of their child's school immediately if they receive a positive Covid-19 test result for their ...

29 Nov 2021 at 10:35

National News

Face masks in primary schools 'protects all' claims Education Minister

Mandatory requirements on primary schoolchildren to wear masks will protect everyone, according to the Minister for Education Norma Foley. Children from third class up will be required to wear face masks at school from today. They can be ...

01 Dec 2021 at 11:37

Local News

Portarlington parents of schoolchildren demand safer cycle routes

A new survey undertaken by parents of Portarlington school children highlighting the need for safer cycling routes in the Laois Offaly town. Two primary schools in Portarlington sent out a short survey to parents on behalf of the PBA ...

19 Jul 2021 at 18:18

Schools

Blue Star Programme now open to Laois primary schools

Primary school pupils in Longford and around Ireland are being challenged to get creative in how they learn and think about Europe through the Blue Star Programme, coordinated by European Movement Ireland. The Blue Star Programme ...

31 Aug 2021 at 16:53

National News

Non-profit aims to raise €1m for food and mental health programme at Irish primary schools

A non-profit is aiming to raise €1 million for a food education and mental health programme for primary schools across Ireland. Social enterprise Grow It Yourself (GIY)'s 'GROW At School' programme was previously piloted at 32 ...

10 May 2023 at 11:08

National News

Reduced hours for religion in new primary curriculum, Norma Foley announces

The Minister for Education has said there will be a reduction to the minimum hours for religion in Irish primary schools as part of the new curriculum. However, Norma Foley said there will be more autonomy given to schools ...

09 Mar 2023 at 13:32

National News

Ronan Wilson funeral told schoolboy enriched lives of everyone he met

A schoolboy who died in a hit-and-run incident touched and enriched the lives of everyone he met, his funeral has heard. Ronan Wilson, nine, from Kildress in Co Tyrone, was killed in the incident in Co Donegal at the ...

28 Sept 2023 at 14:27

Schools

Teaching vacancies in Laois primary schools revealed

Laois will have 12 long-term teaching substitute vacancies in local primary schools in the next three months, according to latest figures released following a national survey of schools. The Irish National Teachers’ ...

07 Nov 2023 at 12:22

National News

POLL: Should children in primary school own a smartphone?

Minister for Education Norma Foley is expected to bring a memo to Cabinet this morning aiming to encourage parents to avoid buying smart phones for primary school children. The move, that will see new guidelines ...

07 Nov 2023 at 09:55

National News

Smaller class sizes expected soon due to sharp drop in primary school enrolments

The number of children attending primary school is projected to drop by almost a fifth, or 100,000, over the next ten years, according to Department of Education projections. The falling demographics predicted ...

19 Apr 2024 at 07:19

Northern Ireland

Deal which restored Stormont protects NI’s place within the Union – Sunak

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said he believed the deal his Government struck with the DUP to restore devolved government at Stormont has succeeded in protecting Northern Ireland’s place within the Union. Asked ...

05 Feb 2024 at 14:47

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