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Two teaching unions vote overwhelmingly in favour of revised pay deal

Two teaching unions have voted to back the revised public sector pay deal. Primary-level union the Irish National Teachers’ Organisation (INTO) – Ireland’s largest teachers’ union – said 80% of its members voted to accept it, while 85% of the ...

30 Sept 2022 at 17:32

National News

Irish teaching platform encourages volunteers to teach English to Ukrainian refugees

An Irish-based online teaching platform is calling for volunteers to teach English to Ukrainian adults in Ireland. The call has been made by eTeachers Global in response to the war in Ukraine, which has left millions of Ukrainian people ...

18 Apr 2022 at 12:57

National News

Volunteer teachers sought to help teach Ukrainian refugees English

An appeal has been made for volunteer teachers to help teach English online to Ukrainian adults in Ireland. The call has been made by eTeachers Global, an international online English teaching business for adult students based in ...

19 Apr 2022 at 10:56

Registration fees for Ukrainian teachers to be reviewed after TD raises concerns

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Irish Teaching Council reviewing fees for Ukrainian teachers following concerns

The Teaching Council is reviewing registration fees for Ukrainian teachers, amid concerns that refugees were being charged €390 to work in Irish schools. Concerns were raised by Labour TD Aodhan O' Riordain, who said he had ...

01 Apr 2022 at 11:30

National News

'I'm living my best life' - Elderly vegan aims to complete 100 ultramarathons before 100

An 85-year-old whose life changed when he adopted a vegan diet in his 60s and then started to exercise in his 80s is now challenging himself to complete one million press-ups before his 90th birthday and 100 ultramarathons ...

10 May 2023 at 14:48

National News

Minister Foley considering suspension of career breaks for teachers to combat staff shortages

Minister for Education Norma Foley is considering suspension of career breaks for teachers in an effort to combat staff shortages. The Minister yesterday briefed Ministers on a number of options being considered by her ...

07 Dec 2022 at 16:19

Arts & Entertainment

WIN! Super hamper of Laois products up for grabs!

There was huge success for three Laois food and drink producers at the prestigious Blas na hÉireann Irish food awards in Dingle on September 30. Home bakery Aghaboe Farm Foods, drink makers An Sean-Teach, and Abbey ...

10 Oct 2017 at 18:15

National News

Budget measures ‘not enough to stop young teachers from moving abroad’

A young teacher has said that income tax changes will help young people in the profession with rising costs but said ultimately the budget would not stop them from moving abroad. David Donagh, 30, said that ...

01 Oct 2024 at 20:21

'Threats of violence' against university staff after false online claims about sex education course

National News

'Threats of violence' against DCU staff after video makes false claims about Sex Education course

Several staff at Dublin City University have allegedly suffered "targeted attacks" following a wave of misinformation online regarding an SPHE and sex education course. The Graduate Diploma in Social, ...

24 Oct 2024 at 15:22

'She's a fighter' - Fundraiser launched after young college student collapsed at bus stop with seizure

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'She's a fighter' - Fundraiser launched after young teaching student collapsed at bus stop

A fundraiser has been launched for a young college student after she collapsed at a bus stop in June. Alison Fisher, a 21 year-old Cavan native and final year Primary School teaching student at ...

30 Oct 2024 at 14:35

Fun and Games

Competition for a hamper of Blas na hEireann award winning Laois products... and the winner is...

We have a winner! Three Laois food and drink producers won prizes at the prestigious Blas na hÉireann Irish food awards this year, and now a Leinster Express reader has won a competition for a ...

24 Oct 2017 at 11:04

Home

Laois secondary schools face closure after mid-term break

The ASTI's Laois understands that parents will be 'frustrated' by the looming industrial action that will close schools, possibly, indefinitely after the mid-term break but he says teachers ...

04 Nov 2016 at 17:01

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