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Minister profiles: The people at the Cabinet table

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill and Jim O’Callaghan are among the major promotions.

Evening Standard

Ireland's Religious Schools Report Shocking Levels Of Sexual Abuse

Discover the disturbing account of historical child sexual abuse in Ireland's religious-run schools and the government's response to address these systemic...

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Ireland to set up inquiry into sexual abuse at schools run by religious orders

Inquiry to follow preliminary investigation unearthing 2,400 allegations of historic abuse

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Tributes to ‘beautiful girl’ among four killed in crash on way to exams celebration

The town of Clonmel has been ‘left numbed’ by the tragedy, after three teenagers and young man all died in Co Tipperary

The Independent UK

Four young people killed in Co Tipperary road crash named - old

The Taoiseach has said the nation is mourning the deaths of the three 18-year-old women and a 24-year-old man.

The Independent UK

Dublin primary school students to be offered free counselling from September

Minister Norma Foley received Cabinet approval last month to roll out the well-being pilot programme and some €5m was allocated for the new scheme.

Dublin Live

New wellbeing and mental health scheme to see counselling services in some primary schools

Education Minister Norma Foley is expected to launch the second phase of a new pilot scheme this week that will see counselling services rolled out in primary schools.

Irish Mirror

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Leaving Cert students in 'tears' after difficult maths paper one exam

Many sixth year students complained about the tricky questions

Irish Mirror

Leaving Cert results date confirmed by Education Minister

Leaving Cert results have been delayed in recent years due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Irish Mirror

Norma Foley indicates Leaving Cert results date 'most likely' to be in August

Around 61,000 students are expected to sit the Leaving Cert exams this year and they still don't know when their results will be issued

Dublin Live

Politicians unite in condemning 'sickening' attack on Navan teen

Education Minister Norma Foley, Justice Minister Simon Harris, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Tánaiste Micheal Martin have all condemned the attack on a young teenager in Navan earlier this week.

Irish Mirror

Norma Foley clarifies pornography will not be taught in schools as details of Junior Cert sex-ed program confirmed

Education Minister Norma Foley said that she accepted that people may have different views on the review of the SPHE Junior Cert programme.

Irish Mirror

Full list of 23 landlord TDs asked to stand aside for affordable rent vote

The list includes Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, who the Irish Mirror revealed earlier this year had recently become a landlord for the first time

Irish Mirror

Cost-of-living boost for parents as free schoolbooks scheme expanded

The scheme is now available to parents with children in every single primary and special school in the country

Irish Mirror

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Deadline fast approaching for free school transport for upcoming school year

Bus Eireann's family portal for new applications for school transport will close on Friday, April 28

Dublin Live

Cost of living Ireland: Kids to be allocated nearly €100 each under new free schoolbooks scheme

The Minister for Education Norma Foley announced that a €50 million initiative will be aimed at 558,000 students in 3,230 schools and 130 special schools this September

Irish Mirror

Norma Foley says it will not 'be acceptable' for primary schools to ask for voluntary contributions for book money

Education Minister Norma Foley has announced that funding worth €96 per child will be provided to every school to provide books, copy books and workbooks to all primary school children.

Dublin Live

Cost of living Ireland: Free schoolbooks to be rolled out for primary school students

Minister for Education Norma Foley confirmed details of the scheme earlier today, which will grant primary students free access to schoolbooks

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Norma Foley agrees with Taoiseach that transgender prisoners should not be housed in female prisons

Education Minister Norma Foley said that she also agreed with comments from Taoiseach Leo Varadkar that prisoners convicted of violent crimes who were born biologically male should not be placed in female-only prions.

Irish Mirror

Ireland homework debate rumbles on as school principal suggests more 'meaningful work' in its place

Simon Lewis, the principal at Carlow Educate Together, suggests homework needs to be meaningful to the kids that are doing it

Irish Mirror

Kids write to Minister Norma Foley pleading with her to ban homework after President comments

One kid told her that seven hours in school was "plenty of education"

Irish Mirror

Government spent €800,000 refurbishing press centre that is barely being used

Exclusive: Documents released to the Irish Mirror reveal that the refurbishment of the Government Press Centre in Government Buildings cost nearly €800,000. However, an official press conference has not taken place in the room so far this year.

Irish Mirror

Education Minister Norma Foley says she doesn't let online abuse stop her from doing her job

Comments are often made about Minister Foley’s dress sense and appearance on social media

Irish Mirror

Government launches scoping inquiry into allegations of sexual abuse in religious order schools

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.

Irish Mirror

Leaving Cert update as plan for students to sit some papers early scrapped

Education Minister Norma Foley announced last year that students entering fifth year in September 2023 would sit English and Irish papers that same summer. They would complete the remainder of their Leaving Cert in sixth year.

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