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'My daughter changed her name to copy a popular girl at school and it's embarrassing'
Parenting
A 14-year-old girl changed her name to match the most popular girl in school - but her mum is worried her classmates will take it the wrong way and bully her for it
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Mobile phones to be banned from classrooms across the country in new government laws
Politics
EXCLUSIVE: Education Minister Norma Foley leading the charge to ban the 'scourge' that teachers say is 'destroying' school life
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Junior Cert: Education Minister Norma Foley congratulates thousands of students on exam results
Junior Certificate
Education Minister Norma Foley said 629,189 grades were given out across 21 individual subjects to the 70,727 candidates.
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Budget 2024 sees changes to social welfare, child benefit and host of cost of living measures
The Budget
All social welfare rates and the state pension will rise by €12 per week, as part of measures unveiled in Budget 2024
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Pupils in Dublin primary school told to refer to their gender-neutral teacher as 'they' in the classroom
Dublin
The children from the Dublin Educate Together school - aged 8 and 9 - were told this on their first day back, according to parents
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'My teacher asked me on a date': New study lifts lid on sexual misconduct in Irish schools
Education
A new study has lifted the lid on how secondary school pupils have experienced sexual misconduct
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Countdown's Rachel Riley warns parents against phrase that's causing 'huge numeracy problem'
Rachel Riley
Countdown star Rachel Riley reckons parents are affecting their kids' maths progress as she says '50% of adults are at the level you would expect of an 11-year-old'
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Ireland private school funding controversy as it emerges State provided over €128 million last year
Schools
Figures provided to the Labour Party’s education spokesman Aodhán Ó Ríordáin show that State spending on private education between 2018 and 2023 amounted to €588m.
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Taoiseach Leo Varadkar says that free secondary school books is 'medium-term plan'
Leo Varadkar
EXCLUSIVE: In an interview with The Irish Mirror, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said the Government would be in favour of extending free school books to secondary school pupils but that it might not be possible so soon after the introduction of primary school books
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Leaving Cert students left devastated after 'frankly horrific' maths paper slamming it as 'cruel joke'
Leaving Certificate
“I studied my butt off in order to get a good grade in Maths so I can pursue my college goal and after that paper I feel that dream [has] been dumped, so thank you.”
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Greek police probe possibility drinks were spiked before the tragic deaths of two Irish students
Greece
Dublin students Andrew O’Donnell and Max Wall were marking the end of their Leaving Certificate exams with around 90 of their classmates on the island of Ios when they both died in separate tragic incidents
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Children in Ireland to be allocated almost €100 each under newly announced scheme
Cost of Living
The aim of this boost is to cover the cost of all school books, workbooks, and copybooks, in order to ease the pressure parents face each year
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Ireland homework debate rumbles on as school principal suggests more 'meaningful work' in its place
Education
Simon Lewis, the principal at Carlow Educate Together, suggests homework needs to be meaningful to the kids that are doing it
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Kids write to Minister Norma Foley pleading with her to ban homework after President comments
Education
One kid told her that seven hours in school was "plenty of education"
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Horoscopes today: Daily star sign predictions from Russell Grant on March 12
Celebrity News
One star sign should take on an educational course, while another will be disappointed that a project has failed. These are the Sunday horoscopes.
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Ireland school closures update as Department of Education issues statement amid major snow disruption
Schools
"Conditions are going to be difficult"
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Senator Ronan Mullen defends Enoch Burke's beliefs after week of court chaos
Enoch Burke
Senator Ronan Mullen has defended the points Mr Burke was making but slammed the way he's done it
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Amanda Holden imposes strict rules on A* student daughter before she can start modelling
Amanda Holden
The Heart Breakfast star, 52, shares 17-year-old daughter Lexi and 11-year-old daughter Hollie with her husband Chris Hughes
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Enoch Burke back outside Wilson's Hospital School in Westmeath day after lost appeal and chaotic court scenes
Enoch Burke
The sacked teacher is reportedly back at the school today
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International Women's Day: Activist celebrates some of Ireland's most inspiring women
International Women's Day
Today is international women’s day (IWD), when the world celebrates female achievement
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International Women's Day: Celebrating Ireland's environmental trailblazers
International Women's Day
Exclusive: This International Women’s Day we are celebrating the environmental trailblazers giving their all to protect Mother Ireland for future generations.
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Will Ireland's schools close due to snow? Latest as Department of Education issues update
Department of Education
Temperatures are set to plummet well into the minus as conditions turn cold and frosty over the coming days. Met Eireann has issued weather warnings.
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Government launches scoping inquiry into allegations of sexual abuse in religious order schools
Education
Education Minister Norma Foley encouraged victims of sexual abuse in schools run by religious orders to come forward and take part in the scoping inquiry.
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Wheelchair racer Abby Cook delighted to be unveiled as Blue Peter's 42nd presenter
Blue Peter
Blue Peter's new presenter Abby Cook studied applied biological science at Forth Valley College; works to support disabled and non-disabled young people becoming active and trains twice a week with Paralympians, among other achievements
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