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Education Minister defends overhaul of Leaving Certificate process

The Education Minister has defended her plans to overhaul the Leaving Certificate process during a speech at a teachers’ union annual conference. Norma Foley told the Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) conference that the reform plans will require ...

20 Apr 2022 at 17:21

National News

ASTI confirms teachers seeking 'substantial' pay increase as cost of living soars

Teachers are seeking a "substantial" pay rise due to the cost of living crisis, ASTI General Secretary Kieran Christie confirmed today. A number of teaching union annual conferences are taking place this week, with pay rates for teachers high ...

19 Apr 2022 at 12:12

National News

Schools reopen across the country despite Covid concerns

Schools in Ireland have reopened, amid warnings that Covid-19 will keep thousands of teachers at home in the days to come. Earlier this week, public health chiefs told school managers and unions that it is safe to return to the classroom, ...

06 Jan 2022 at 11:24

National News

Government to continue with current approach to address teacher shortages

Ministers have argued against the introduction of a Dublin allowance for teachers to help address problems schools have faced in recruiting in the Irish capital ahead of the academic year. Teachers’ union the ASTI said on Monday that ...

15 Aug 2023 at 16:07

Education

Limerick branch of ASTI says schools should 'do their best to grant career breaks'

THE LIMERICK branch of the largest teachers’ union in Ireland has warned that limiting career breaks will not address staff shortages. In a bid to address and prevent staff shortages, Education Minister Richard Bruton has issued a ...

03 Feb 2018 at 15:00

Local News

Schools in Limerick to open as normal as ASTI suspends strike action

ALL of Limerick’s 25 secondary schools are expected to open as normal this Wednesday after the Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland (ASTI) suspended its industrial action. The union announced this Tuesday evening that ...

08 Nov 2016 at 22:29

Education

Around 13 schools across Limerick closed as no resolution found with ASTI

APPROXIMATELY 12 or 13 secondary schools across north, south and east Limerick are closed this Monday, the local representative of the Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland (ASTI) has said. Peter Quinn was speaking ...

07 Nov 2016 at 10:53

Education

Talks set to resume in effort to resolve teacher's strike

TALKS are set to resume later this week in an effort to prevent further industrial action by secondary school teachers. The majority of secondary schools across Limerick were closed last Thursday as members of the ASTI ...

01 Nov 2016 at 07:00

Education

Limerick schools closed as teachers go on strike

THE majority of secondary schools across Limerick are closed today due to industrial action by members of the ASTI. The strike action, which was endorsed by around 80% of members, centres on a row over pay parity for ...

27 Oct 2016 at 12:31

Education

Schools across Limerick expected to close as teachers go on strike

HUNDREDS of secondary school teachers across Limerick are set to take to the picket lines tomorrow as a row over pay for younger teachers escalates. Members of the ASTI overwhelmingly voted in favour of industrial ...

26 Oct 2016 at 12:22

Education

School closures in Limerick for second day as strike action starts

THE vast majority of secondary schools across Limerick are closed this Tuesday, with hundreds of teachers out on strike. Picket lines were set up at school gates across the city and county this morning, as the ...

08 Nov 2016 at 11:10

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