Primary school principals and deputy principals will also get a rise in their allowances, along with special needs assistants, as part of a new deal struck

Department of Education says plan will not be implemented until ‘later in August’ as expert warns that monitors alone will not be enough to protect children against the threat of the Delta variant

This is the inside story of how the government did a U-turn on its proposed three-day week for Leaving Cert students after the teachers’ unions and students awarded Norma Foley a ‘fail’