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AONTAS urges Kildare adults to consider return to learning

AONTAS, Ireland’s national adult learning organisation, has urged adults across Ireland, including in Kildare, urges to consider a return to learning. The appeal follows after the organisation received the 2022 International Adult and Continuing ...

04 Oct 2022 at 20:35

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Number of young Irish people in 3rd level education among highest in OECD - new report

The number of young people in Ireland attending third-level education is significantly above the OECD average. That's according to this year's OECD report, 'Education at a Glance' (EAG), which the Minister for Further and Higher Education today ...

03 Oct 2022 at 18:16

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€40m in funding announced to make colleges across Ireland greener and more accessible

Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris has today (Monday August 15) announced funding of €40 million which will be invested in universities and colleges across the country to make them greener ...

15 Aug 2022 at 15:44

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School uniform costs are 'the straw breaking the camel’s back' in cost-of-living crisis — Kildare TD

The cost of school uniforms 'are the straw breaking the camel’s back' in cost-of-living crisis. That's according to Sinn Féin TD Réada Cronin, who said the government must act immediately on the school-uniform costs crippling families across ...

15 Aug 2022 at 16:55

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Multiple teaching vacancies in Kildare schools just one week before secondary school return

The school calendar gets under way next week but many schools across Kildare are still struggling with filling teaching vacancies. According to teacher’s jobsite EducationPosts.ie, there are still 13 vacancies in Kildare schools for a wide ...

23 Aug 2022 at 20:50

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Kildare representatives welcome reinstatement of 'vital' therapists in schools from September

A number of Kildare political representatives have welcomed the reinstatement of therapists in schools from September. Although therapists were removed from schools to allow for the rollout of the new Progressing Disability Services (PDS) ...

23 Aug 2022 at 16:00

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Jump in personal loans taken out for home improvements, education and weddings

The value of personal loans taken out by households has surged by a fifth over the past 12 months, despite the cost-of-living crisis, a report shows. Banking and Payments Federation Ireland said there was a 60% increase in the value of ...

18 Aug 2022 at 01:01

National News

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 ...

30 Sept 2022 at 17:32

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Schools in Kildare encouraged to participate in crocus-planting project to commemorate children of the Holocaust

Holocaust Education Ireland (HEI) is urging schools across County Kildare to get involved in The Crocus Project. The group is a not-for-profit organisation that aims to inform and educate young people about the Holocaust and its ...

19 Sept 2022 at 19:20

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Report highlights inequalities in education for students with sight loss

A number of measures and supports are needed to tackle the low representation of people living with sight loss in higher education and the workforce, a new report has found. NCBI has launched a new report entitled Equitable ...

22 Sept 2022 at 18:47

National News

Barnardos report finds parents under 'considerable financial pressure' with back-to-school costs

A report from the children's charity Barnardos has found that parents are under 'considerable financial pressure' due to the rising cost of living. The survey, in which 1,000 parents took part, examined the basic cost of ...

26 Jul 2022 at 12:05

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Senator welcomes 'positive' news of potential new classrooms for Kildare school

A Senator has welcomed the prospect of new classrooms for a Kildare-based school, calling it 'positive news.' Labour Senator Mark Wall expressed his support over the news that the Board of Management of Colaiste Lorcain ...

18 May 2022 at 16:15

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