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Disadvantaged programme expanded to include schools attended by 60,000 students

€32 million investment to expand the scheme nationally

Nine Kilkenny schools have been included in an announcement from Minister Norma Foley on the extension of the DEIS (Delivering Equality of Opportunity in S...

Disadvantaged programme expanded to include schools attended by 60,000 students

International IDEA’s recent report and video highlight that levelling the financial field for men and women candidates remains one of the pressing priorities to #BreakTheBias and promote gender equality in politics. After more than 25 years since the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action in September 1995, the number of women in politics has grown

The pandemic looks set to cast its shadow over schools and pupils for another year

Education is one of the most powerful tools for giving students an even chance – but more ambition is needed to tackle the class divide in numbers progressing to college

The number of teachers at primary and post-primary level went up from 61,942 in 2016 to 69,343 in 2020.

‘The Ireland Funds,’ global philanthropic network, have announced that in the current academic year 2021/22, 38 students from DEIS schools in Louth ...

A Deputy Minister has welcomed the news that the government has allocated over €2 million in funding for primary and post-primary schools in County Kildare...