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Over 8, 000 children wait for first contact from CDNT as job vacancies remain high
1+ hour, 44+ min ago (460+ words) Figures from the HSE show 8, 200 children were waiting for their first contact from a Child Disability Network Team (CDNT) at the end of March. Of those children, 5, 261 have been waiting over 12 months. This is a reduction from the 8, 648 children waiting…...
Students sent home multiple times as Meath school runs out of water
2+ week, 3+ day ago (863+ words) Young students who had to be sent home when a school ran out of water in the searing heat on Wednesday remained home again on Thursday due to insufficient water supplies. St Columbanus NS in Ballivor, Co Meath had to…...
Students warned not to use AI for Leaving Cert predictions
2+ week, 5+ day ago (232+ words) Students are being warned not to heed AI Leaving Cert predictions. Ahead of the State exams getting underway on June 3rd, exam authorities are warning that students should not use AI to predict what topics might appear on this year's papers....
'Shame, shame, shame': Burke family confront Minister for Education in Donegal
3+ week, 1+ day ago (263+ words) Members of Enoch Burke's family confronted the Minister for Education, Hildegarde Naughton, at two schools in Co Donegal on Friday. Burke's mother, Martina, and brother, Isaac, heckled the minister, who was at both Scoil Mhuire and Mulroy College in Milford....
What the papers say: Thursday's front pages
3+ week, 3+ day ago (24+ words) Several topics feature on Irish front pages on Thursday, including job cuts in the tech sector as Meta announced they were scrapping 350 positions....
Former Google executive Matt Brittin to begin tenure as BBC director-general
3+ week, 6+ day ago (600+ words) By Catherine Wylie, Press Association Former Google boss Matt Brittin will have his first day in the office as director-general of the BBC on Monday. A former Mc Kinsey consultant, Brittin worked for Google from 2007, leaving in 2025 after being the…...
Risk of "significant upheaval" in jobs market, Taoiseach warns
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (395+ words) By Cillian Sherlock and Gr'inne N" Aodha, Press Association There could be a "significant upheaval" in the jobs market as a result of artificial intelligence, the Taoiseach has said, after Meta said it intends to cut 10 per cent of its…...
Cyber attack hits IT system for Northern Ireland schools
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (384+ words) By Grainne Ni Aodha, Press Association An IT system used by pupils in Northern Ireland has been hit by a cyber attack, the Education Authority (EA) said. The EA said it was taking the incident "very seriously" and apologised for…...
Belfast legal firm launches group action for students impacted by Covid-19
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (277+ words) By Rebecca Black, Press Association Students at university during the coronavirus pandemic should receive compensation for loss of educational experience, a Belfast legal firm has argued. Phoenix Law has launched a group action against Northern Ireland universities on behalf of…...
We got this wrong," T'naiste says of government handling of SNA review
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (545+ words) By Bairbre Holmes and Gr'inne N" Aodha, Press Association T'naiste Simon Harris has said the government "got this wrong" on a review of how Special Needs Assistants (SNAs) are allocated at schools. A review and reallocation of SNAs for the…...