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Castlebar Educate Together campaign gathers momentum

The Castlebar Educate Together national school’s campaign for a new building has gained momentum. A public meeting organised by the school heard testimonies from staff, parents and pupils of their experiences of school life in a three-campus ...

12 Apr 2024 at 13:00

Local News

Long-term accommodation identified for Castlebar Educate Together school

CASTLEBAR Educate Together National School will secure long-term accommodation after the Department of Education agreed to provide it with eight classrooms following a site identification and acquisition process. Established in 2015, the ...

02 Apr 2024 at 18:00

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Department of Education ‘playing a game’ over lack of mixed secondary school in Westport, says local group

A GROUP campaigning for mixed secondary school education in Westport has accused the Department of Education of ‘playing a game’ over Rice College’s application to become a co-educational school. Co-ed for Westport have hit out at news ...

17 Nov 2023 at 13:00

National News

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 primary ...

07 Nov 2023 at 09:55

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Minister of Education 'gone missing' on resolving Holy Trinity school site impasse

A FIANNA Fáil councillor has accused the Minister of Education of going missing and needs to 'step up to the mark' and resolve the dispute between her department and Holy Trinity NS in Westport. Members of the Westport/Belmullet ...

02 May 2024 at 09:00

Local News

Education Minister to meet Castlebar Educate Together board

A planned protest at Dáil Éireann by Castlebar Educate Together NS has been suspended by the school at the eleventh hour following an intervention from the office of Minister for Education, Norma Foley, TD. Staff, pupils and ...

16 May 2024 at 11:31

National News

'Big six' mobile phone firms to stop selling smartphones to children under 13

The Minister for Education has welcomed the announced that six of the leading mobile phone operators in Ireland are to support a government initiative to restrict the use of smartphones by young children Norma Foley met ...

23 May 2024 at 12:16

National News

Irish Medical Organisation welcomes proposed ban on smartphones for under 16s

The Irish Medical Organisation (IMO) has welcomed the proposed ban on smartphones among young people following calls made by Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly to ban smartphone usage for under 16s. This follows ...

27 Aug 2024 at 16:47

Comment & Opinion

OPINION: Minister Foley’s proposal to ban phones is the distraction

Norma Foley should tread carefully with her plan, which she flagged last week, to ban phones in schools to stop distractions and bullying. Those types of decisions should be left to schools, in consultation with ...

29 Aug 2024 at 19:00

Local News

Crowd marches through Westport in solidarity with Holy Trinity NS

A large crowd marched through Westport with staff and students of Holy Trinity NS to a site where the school had been promised a new school building. Beginning at The Octagon, the crowd marched in down Shop ...

18 Oct 2024 at 16:16

Comment & Opinion

GUEST COLUMN Minister Norma Foley: Why I am banning phones in secondary schools

Following on from the Guest Column by teacher Gearóid Ó Riain in the August 27 edition of The Mayo News, titled, ‘Minister Foley’s proposal to ban phone is the distraction’, I want to explain why I intend ...

13 Sept 2024 at 16:00

National News

EXPLAINER: How 2025 Leaving Cert students could lose college places to 'Covid kids'

Students currently sitting Leaving Cert 2025 could miss out on their preferred college place to someone who sat the exams in the last five years due to a phased reversal of grade inflation. So-called ...

04 Jun 2025 at 16:00

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