Department of Education

Kildare parents of teen with special needs plead for place in school

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Breaking Kildare pupils 'will have no place' when they start school in August

Woman in 'fake births' case freed after repaying €59,300

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Kildare parents among highest in the State appealing school refusals

Family of Enoch Burke say he was removed from appeal hearing

Simon Harris criticises ‘botched’ communication on SNAs

‘No point’ in giving SNA review date completion, Moynihan says

Judge to decide on whether Enoch Burke should be recommitted to prison

School secretaries and caretakers agree to withdraw strike for negotiations

School secretaries and caretakers stage strike action

Taoiseach vows to pursue legal options to force religious orders on compensation

Parents describe ‘constant fight’ for school places

Higher rates of school absences after pandemic – report into programme finds

Parents begin camping outside department over lack of school places

Dublin parents to hold 24-hour sleep-out over ‘cruel’ lack of special placements

Guidelines on restraining children at school ‘fall short of what is needed’

Record number of children using school transport scheme Staff reporter

Joe Neville

Civil servant asked a Kildare politician how he got her number

Foley denies misleading Dail over encounter with phone pouch company executive

Phone pouches spark intense debate in last Leaders’ Questions

Government accused of ‘brazen attempt to buy votes’

Cllr Naoise Ó Cearúil

More special education places are needed in County Kildare

'Get your act together' - Parents and staff demand 'vital' school places for chi...

Worry for parents of children with special needs left without school places

Minister working on plans to ban mobile phones in secondary schools

Lacken View, Naas, residents

Residents oppose plan to get pupils to walk or cycle to school

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

‘Gradual return’ to normal Leaving Cert results to be expected
Minister Norma Foley announced the news today
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Parents at a meeting in Lawlor's Hotel, Naas

Parents are angry over failure to complete new school

Harris criticises Department of Education as families left without school places

Parents and pupils at the school gate. Image Aishling Conway

Parents angry over delay in approving co-ed status for school

Naas Community College

It is taking ten years to build a school in Kildare

Sallins National School

KILDARE: Department of Education 'has no request for school extension in Sallins...

Sallins National School

Kildare pupils forced outside their own town 'because school is full'

'There is a childcare crisis in County Kildare'

217 Ukrainian students enrolled in Kildare schools, as overall number surpasses ...

Number of Ukrainian students enrolled in Irish schools surpasses 15,000

Many teachers struggling with 'challenging workload', survey finds

High percentage of teachers struggling with 'challenging workload', survey finds

Minister for Education Norma Foley with fellow Fianna Fáil politician Senator Fiona O' Loughlin.

KILDARE: Senator says Department of Education is confident in extra school accom...

Minister for Education Norma Foley PICTURE: MerrionStreet.ie

Minister Foley considering suspension of career breaks for teachers to combat st...

Minister Foley considering suspension of career breaks for teachers to combat st...

The National Council for Special Education made the announcement

Over €10 million in supports announced for expansion of special education counci...

Paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland sexually exploit children, committee hea...

Teacher warns sex education in hands of ‘violent and misogynistic’ porn industry

6,000 pupils ‘left on the side of the road’ after school bus fees waived

'Not acceptable' - New report reveals Education Dept failing children with speci...

The motion also said that any reduction to the staffing schedule should be applied pro-rata to all DEIS primary schools.

'A challenge for educators' - INTO calls for cuts to class sizes as they remain ...

€2.5m has been allocated for 2022/2023 to put arts and creativity at the heart of young people’s lives

Creative Schools programme now open for applications

Irish govt issues advice to schools on supporting Ukrainian child refugees

This is the first significant expansion of the programme since 2017, which currently supports 884 schools and 180,000 students

Major expansion of DEIS schools programme announced by Minster of Education

The St Corban's boys school entrance

BREAKING: Naas school is to be demolished and rebuilt as a two storey building

Children's Ombudsman frustrated over lack of clarity on 2022 Leaving Cert exams

School closures should not be default response to Covid surge

Four Longford actors with special needs will perform in the Abbey Theatre on Saturday, April 7 next as part of a Shadowbox Theatre Company production.

'We want artists still performing' - Taoiseach would like to see venues staying ...

Unmasked students should not be excluded from primary schools -latest Dept advic...

St Mary's College, Naas

Brand new school for St Mary's College, Naas

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