3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (520+ words) The conduct of a former primary school principal convicted of stealing tens of thousands of euro from his school has been considered by a fitness-to-teach committee. The teacher received a suspended sentence in 2022 at the Circuit Court for the offences…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (603+ words) The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) has been ordered to pay €33,000 to an employee who argued she should not have had to organise in-person school visits during the Covid-19 pandemic as they were contrary to safety regulations at the…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (306+ words) Ireland recently appointed its first financial literacy ambassadors, with financial education set to play a role in the new savings and investment (SIA) account. Could financial literacy also have an unexpected benefit: reducing crime? A recent US study published in…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (537+ words) Tusla privately paid a criminal defence solicitor to represent “one of the most vulnerable children in the country” as the boy could not access representation due to the ongoing legal-aid solicitors’ strike. Dublin District Children’s Court heard on Wednesday that…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (482+ words) There has been a steady increase in the number of childcare providers under investigation for possible overcharging of parents since 2024. It comes in advance of a new audit process designed to identify creches that might be flouting their core funding…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (505+ words) PC Peripherals (PCP), a Dublin-based school technology supplier that was recently embroiled in a High Court dispute with a rival company, was acquired by Grafton Digital for an undisclosed sum earlier this year. As part of the agreement – worth €2.5 million…...

3+ week, 17+ hour ago   (440+ words) A 17-year-old girl has been killed after a teenager brandishing a sword attacked students at a school in Sweden, police have confirmed. Three other people were wounded in the incident during classes in the central town of Fagersta on Friday…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (462+ words) The death of an Irish teenager, electrocuted while taking a shower in a holiday home in Greece, has led to calls for tighter checks on appliances at tourist accommodation. Alex McKee (17) is said to have died instantly when picking up…...