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Recruitment and retention problems means Irish schools are “creaking at the seams”. That’s according to ASTI General Secretary, and former Sligo secondary school teacher, Kieran Christie. The comments were made after new figures obtained under the Freedom of Information Act found nearly 14 thousand people who weren’t registered with the…

A former secondary school Vice-Principal is warning that there are many logistical challenges facing Ukrainian students that are now attending Irish schools.   Since the start of the Russian invasion in the Ukraine many students from there now find themselves in Irish primary and post primary schools.   Sean Wynne…

All schools will be closed in the counties of Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal tomorrow due to the weather warning that is in place. The affected counties are Cork and Kerry, which are under a Red warning, and Donegal, Mayo, Sligo, Leitrim and Roscommon, which are under an Orange snow and…

A Midlands North West MEP has hit out at the decision to reopen schools with Covid-19 figures soaring in the community. MEP Luke Ming Flanagan is predicting that the decision ultimately lead to schools being forced to shut in the next couple of weeks. He said measures such as the…