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Forever home sought for adorable little Norma

The KWWSPCA are still seeking a home for Little Norma photographed above. Norma is about a year old, is a terrier cross, friendly and house trained. She is good on the lead; we find that a harness works best. She likes plenty of love and attention ...

21 Dec 2019 at 09:20

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Education minister defends plans to reform Leaving Cert exams

Ireland’s education minister Norma Foley has defended plans to hold two senior cycle exams a year earlier than usual, after internal documents showed concern among the State Examinations Commission with the revised timeline. Paper 1 of both the ...

29 Aug 2022 at 20:05

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Minister Foley considering suspension of career breaks for teachers to combat staff shortages

Minister for Education Norma Foley is considering suspension of career breaks for teachers in an effort to combat staff shortages. The Minister yesterday briefed Ministers on a number of options being considered by her Department to plug gaps ...

07 Dec 2022 at 18:35

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Leaving Cert students ask minister to stick to ‘no cliff edge’ pledge

Some sixth-year students have written to the Education Minister about their Leaving Cert concerns as the State exam is eased from its Covid-era form. In the first year of the pandemic, Leaving Cert students did not have to sit written exams ...

03 Jan 2023 at 21:05

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Payment of over €2.8 million for free school books announced for Kildare primary schools

Over €2.8 million has been allocated for free school books, which will be used by pupils in Kildare primary schools. The announcement of the payment of €2,842,560 from Minister for Education Norma Foley was welcomed by Fianna Fáil Senator ...

26 Apr 2023 at 13:35

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Schools prepared for thousands of absent teachers as pupils return

Up to 8,000 teachers are expected to be absent when schools reopen on Thursday, a teaching union has said. John Boyle, General Secretary of the Irish National Teachers’ Organisation (INTO) said thousands of teaching staff will not be ...

05 Jan 2022 at 11:00

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Givan defends criteria used for selecting schools for new educational programme

Stormont’s Education Minister has defended the criteria used for identifying schools that could benefit from a new programme to tackle educational underachievement and disadvantage. Paul Givan was joined by his counterpart from the ...

16 Oct 2024 at 17:25

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Record number of children using school transport scheme

The number of children using the school transport scheme has increased by 6%. The Department of Education described the total number using the scheme this year as having reached a “record high of 172,000 pupils”, up 6% on the 163,...

30 Dec 2024 at 13:07

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Minister for Education formally opens new buildings at two separate Kildare schools

The Minister for Education, Norma Foley TD, opened two new buildings at schools located in South Kildare yesterday (Thursday, September 12 last. The new school buildings are located at St Conleth's and Mary's School in Newbridge ...

13 Sept 2024 at 14:41

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POLL: Should children in primary school own a smartphone?

Minister for Education Norma Foley is expected to bring a memo to Cabinet this morning aiming to encourage parents to avoid buying smart phones for primary school children. The move, that will see new guidelines issued to all ...

07 Nov 2023 at 13:05

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Extra school buses and drivers being sought amongst high demand

Bus Éireann is currently working to increase the number of school buses and drivers to deal with the unprecedented demand after school fees were waived, the Minister for Education has confirmed. “There is a difficulty in ...

29 Aug 2022 at 16:10

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No parent compelled to pay voluntary contribution to school – Education Minister

Education Minister Norma Foley has said no parent can be compelled to pay a voluntary contribution to a school. Ms Foley was speaking at an event to mark the Government’s 53 million euro scheme for free books for ...

10 Aug 2023 at 16:05

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