News Archive
News articles and news releases originating from the Educate Together National Office from 2011 and previous years are stored here in chronological order. To stay up to date on all that's happening in our school network, sign up to our newsletter.
All Schools To Remain Closed on Tuesday 17 October
- 16/10/2017 ,
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Educate Together has been informed by the Department of Education and Skills that all schools will remain closed on Tuesday 17 October. A statement from the Department reads: "Following careful consideration by the National Emergency Coordination Group, the Department of Education and Skills, has decided that all schools will remain closed...
Hope that Budget 2018 Will Lead to More School Choice
- 11/10/2017 , 9:00
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Educate Together welcomes the continued reinvestment in education announced in increases to the education budget in yesterday’s Budget. The continued upward trend in expenditure is a positive and necessary measure to continue to make our education system work for more children and young people and their families. Budget measures to promote...
Educate Together Welcomes Taoiseach’s Intervention in the Ongoing School Patronage Debate
- 27/09/2017 ,
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Educate Together welcomes Taoiseach Leo Varadkar’s intervention yesterday in the ongoing debate on divestment and school patronage. Taoiseach Varadkar told the Dáil that he recently told members of the Catholic church that: “we would like to see more divestment occurring but our principal interest in doing so was taking into account the view of...