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Ring describes accommodation proposal for Westport’s Sacred Heart School as ‘a waste of taxpayers’ money’

MAYO TD Michael Ring has described a proposal to accommodate students from Westport’s Sacred Heart Secondary School at a building earmarked for one of the oldest schools in Mayo as ‘a waste of taxpayers’ money’. Deputy Ring accused the Department of ...

23 May 2024 at 16:59

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Mulroy calls on Sacred Heart School to refuse accommodation offer from Department of Education

A Westport-based councillor has called on the Sacred Heart Secondary School to refuse accommodation at a site which had been earmarked for one of the oldest schools in Mayo. Cllr Brendan Mulroy called on the all-girls school to refuse an offer from ...

21 May 2024 at 10:59

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Lips tight on Achill school controversy

Áine Ryan A WALL of silence surrounds all the official channels charged with resolving issues around the dramatic removal of pupils by parents from the two-teacher Bullsmouth NS in Achill. The school’s phone rang out yesterday as The Mayo News ...

11 Sept 2018 at 11:16

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Over 1,500 Mayo students to receive Leaving Cert results today

OVER 1,500 Leaving Cert students in Mayo will be receiving their Leaving Cert results this morning with students able to access their results online from 10am. Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science ...

23 Aug 2024 at 08:00

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Mayo teachers in line for €2,000 reimbursement

Newly qualified Mayo teachers may be eligible for a €2,000 refund under a new education scheme designed to encourage teaching as a career. Castlebar-based Fine Gael TD and Minister of State, Alan Dillon TD, has highlighted that newly ...

07 Feb 2025 at 11:00

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Mayo school one of only five in the country to receive Department of Education award

Scoil Phadraig in Westport was recently very proud to be one of only five primary schools nationally to receive an award for the work they do in the area of Anti-Bullying awareness education. The school was selected for the ...

13 Oct 2024 at 18:59

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Department of Education defends handling of Westport school saga

THE Department of Education maintains that allowing Westport’s all-girls Sacred Heart School (SHS) to use the former Scoil Phádraig on a temporary basis ‘represents the best overall solution for the children of Westport’. ...

22 Oct 2024 at 09:13

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Holy Trinity NS to hold demonstration in Westport outside site earmarked for Sacred Heart School

A Westport school which says it is fighting for its existence is to hold a demonstration outside a site where it had been pledged a brand new school building. Holy Trinity NS are calling on the public to gather at 1.30pm ...

18 Oct 2024 at 08:00

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Castlebar councillor welcomes new classrooms for Mayo school

A CASTLEBAR councillor has welcomed the beginning of the construction of four additional classrooms for the Educate Together National School in Castlebar. The new classrooms are to be located at the old hat factory ...

08 Aug 2024 at 17:30

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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 ...

02 May 2024 at 09:00

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Smaller class sizes expected soon due to sharp drop in primary school enrolments

The number of children attending primary school is projected to drop by almost a fifth, or 100,000, over the next ten years, according to Department of Education projections. The falling demographics ...

19 Apr 2024 at 07:19

National News

Will schools stay open? All you need to know about the secretary and caretakers' dispute

Exploratory talks are underway at the Workplace Relations Commission in Dublin in a bid to avert a planned strike action by school secretaries and caretakers which is due to begin this Thursday. ...

27 Aug 2025 at 12:16

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