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Kerry sisters Ciara, Saoirse and Laoise Murphy announced as winners of the 61st BT Young Scientist exhibition
Education
Ciara, age 17 in 5th year, Saoirse, age 15 in 3rd year, and Laoise, age 12 in 1st year, received the top spot for their project ACT (Aid Care Treat): App-timising emergency response
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Huge increase in number of students caught cheating in Leaving and Junior Cert examinations
Education
Some of the cheating incidents were uncovered by the inclusion of "extraneous material" with an exam script while there were also cases where papers from different students were almost identical
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The Troubles to feature on Leaving Cert history curriculum after minister's approval
The Troubles
Education Minister Norma Foley has approved a proposal to put it on the curriculum for the 2027 school year
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'Strongest possible action' taken as pupils called 'kn**head' and 'b***end' in recorded teachers' conversation
Education
A letter signed by the school headteacher has been circulated to parents following the incident in October
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Appeal sees thousands raised for teacher living with 'world's most painful condition' after school incident
Health
Sophie Cole says she 'lost her life as she knew it' following the incident
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Will schools close as cold snap hits Ireland - Rules as country faces 'arctic airmass'
Irish Weather
The cold snap and arrival of snow in certain counties may leave some parents wondering how bad conditions have to be before schools consider closing
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'An adult behaving like a teenager' - Secondary school teacher in tears over professional misconduct findings
Education
The teacher was accused of communicating with the three students via messages on Microsoft Teams which were inappropriate in terms of their content, frequency and timing
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Controversial phone pouches could require additional €2 million investment per year
Education
Last month, Education Minister Norma Foley announced a €9 million fund to allow schools to buy magnetic pouches for students to put their phones in during the school day. This caused widespread controversy
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Alarming bullying stats show almost 50% of LGBTQI+ secondary school students have experienced it
Education
Some 79% of secondary school students have witnessed anti-LGBTQ+ bullying in their school
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First-of-its-kind social media influencer degree launched in Carlow
Education
South East Technological University (SETU) in Carlow has launched the first year of its Content Creation and Social Media course
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Majority of teenage boys in Ireland believe choking is expected of them during sex, SPHE teacher says
Education
Eoghan Cleary teaches transition-year students a module about the dangers of pornography.
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Fianna Fáil Senator slams education system as she struggles to get autistic son a school place
Education
Her son Darragh, 4, should have started junior infants this year.
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Dad challenges teacher's homework marking after son 'thinks outside the box'
Reddit
A man has taken to social media to share how his child's teacher marked a homework assignment, as he argues the youngster should have received full marks for thinking outside of the box
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Dad praised for refusing to write apology letter after son swore at teacher
Parenting
'It doesn't do him or the outside world any good if we coddle, shelter, helicopter or overly favour him'
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Dublin primary schools evacuated after 'major gas leak'
Dublin
Pupils and staff were safely evacuated as parents were instructed to collect their children immediately
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'Hold firm, Norma Foley - your phone pouch plan has much support on the ground'
Education
Teachers spend too much time and energy policing phone bans, the pouch idea is worth €9million if it's a practical solution to a scourge in schools
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Education Minister Norma Foley defends 'scandalous' €9m budget allocation for phone pouches
The Budget
The Social Democrats’ education spokesman Gary Gannon accused Minister Foley of a "scandalous waste of money" and accused her of "prioritising her pet project over more pressing issues facing our education system"
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Maths homework question for six-year-olds leaves parents 'severely shaken'
Brainteasers
A parent has been left baffled by a question from their six-year-old's homework, admitting it has "severely shaken" their self-esteem - and they're not alone
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Dublin children take part in pilot school programme to 'address global violence pandemic'
Education
Children aged 4-8 will take part in the workshops in Dublin schools which have “below average literacy levels”.
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Mother fears autistic daughter will continue to self-harm after she's refused from 32 schools
Autism
Charlotte Cahill, from Firhouse, said five-year-old Cyra hasn’t been accepted into any school almost a month into term
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More than 120 people given over €80k compensation for sexual abuse in school as children
Child abuse
The pay-outs were confirmed by Education Minister Norma Foley
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'I want to sew GPS tracker into daughter's schoolbag so I always know where she is'
Parenting
A concerned mum has taken to the internet to ask for advice after her 11-year-old daughter refused to wear a GPS tracker and started 'accidentally' leaving it at school
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'A teacher beat me black and blue around the classroom because I didn't know what a noun was'
Education
'Nobody from the Pope , the Cardinals, the Bishops or Parish Priests gave a damn about the children'
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Publisher apologises and pulls activity over depiction of Irish family in SPHE book
Education
The activity in a Junior Cert SPHE book received backlash after its depiction of an Irish family who did not embrace change or diversity
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