Mayo County Council announced yesterday that Castlebar Educate Together, Castlebar’s first non-Catholic school, could use a council-owned building to house the new school. Attempts to negotiate a divestment of an existing Catholic school with the Bishop had failed, despite a 2012 survey showing viable demand for an alternative to Catholic schooling. Educate Together were offered[…]
We’re very sorry to hear the submission for a co-located Gaelscoil on the site of the new Educate Together school in Drumcondra/Marino has been refused. We felt they had a good argument since there are no Gaelscoils in that area of the city. Unfortunately, as is often the way with these things, the issue got caught[…]
The Electric Picnic have donated €65,000 towards purchasing a 2 acre site in Stradbally which will provide an all weather pitch for St. Colman’s NS and the surrounding community. The two-acre site in the centre of the village will be transformed into a state of the art all-weather pitch with a running track, car-parking and a[…]
The Minister for Education and Skills, Richard Bruton TD, has announced that Government has approved the Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016. The Bill will be introduced to the Oireachtas this week with view to enactment as soon as possible after that. The Programme for Government targets enactment of this legislation before September 2017. Minister[…]
Primary school winners of the Science Foundation Ireland’s Discover Science and Maths awards have been announced. The programme aims to increase interest in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) among primary students and teachers. In total 546 primary schools nationwide received the awards this year.
Wicklow County Council has voted in favour of adopting a new county development plan that would ban fast food outlets from opening within 400m of schools. http://bit.ly/29jLEDC
The Government have indicated the new School Admissions Bill will be published in the coming days. http://bit.ly/29k45bT
Gaelscoil Mhic Amhlaigh new school building in Knocknacarra faces another year delay http://ow.ly/WIgS301YkJH
Approximately 600 parents marched on the Dáil last Sunday, 3 July, to protest against what has become known as the “baptism barrier” to education. Some parents applying for a place for their child in primary school have found they had no choice but to baptise their children in order to ensure they will get a[…]
Happy school holidays everyone! Ok, so we know our photo doesn’t really look like the weather outside our windows today, but we’re sure it’s on the way. Don’t let it dampen your spirits anyway, because today is the last day of school for two whole months! We’ll still be here though, getting ready for our[…]