Donegal TD says October will be too late to tackle cost of living crisis
A Donegal TD has criticised the government decision to wait until October before introducing any further measures to tackle the cost of living crisis. Later today the government will bring forward a counter-motion today to a Sinn Féin proposal for an emergency budget. The Dáil will debate whether…
Leaving Cert students unable to switch from pass to honours as oral exams cancelled
Leaving Cert students will be unable to switch from pass to honours Irish in light of the oral exams being cancelled. The exams will not go ahead next week as planned, due to the outbreak of COVID-19. Everyone will receive full marks for the Irish oral, which is worth 46…
Leaving Cert and Junior Cert oral and practical exams cancelled
The Leaving Cert and Junior Cert oral and practical exams have been cancelled because of the coronavirus outbreak. Students will be awarded full marks for the exams, which were due to start on Monday. It’s been a little under a week since schools closed in an attempt to stop the…
Education Minister confirms postponement of Leaving Certificate Oral exams
The Leaving Certificate Oral exams will no longer go ahead as scheduled. The language tests were due to get underway on Monday March 23rd. Education Minister and Donegal TD Joe McHugh says his department is working to reschedule the oral exams for as soon as students return to school: https://filedn.com/lglCaxamfnlV2gaMY6rU7tH/News%20Clips%202019-20/17updmchugh-virus-schools-add-clip-n.mp3
“I never liked the confidence and supply agreement” – McHugh
The Education Minister claims he never liked the confidence and supply agreement that bound Fianna Fail and Fine Gael together in the last government. As a former chief whip, Donegal TD Joe McHugh believes the confidence and supply agreement never supplied the kind of scrutiny of the opposition that was…
Special need facilities to built at Gaelscoil na gCeithre Máistrí
A special need base has been included in the new design for Gaelscoil na gCeithre Máistrí in Donegal Town. The major expansion project underway at the school has now moved to the detailed design and planning stage which is to include applications for planning permission, fire certs, disability access and…
Forsa: Many school secretaries, caretakers on minimum wage
A north west member of the public service union Forsa says there are school secretaries and caretakers in the region who have been on the minimum wage for years. Frank Considine, a secretary in St Clare’s National School in Manorhamilton, was speaking as up to 1,000 school secretaries throughout the…