Commencement of Section 30 Delayed Yet Again

Commencement of Section 30 Delayed Yet Again

Commencement of Section 30 of the Teaching Council Act 2001 has been delayed yet again, this time by another three months. Section 30 prohibits the Department of Education and Skills (DES) from paying any person who is employed as a teacher in a school unless he/she...
Hallowe’en Popular Music Week At The Ark

Hallowe’en Popular Music Week At The Ark

It’s Popular Music Week this midterm at The Ark in Temple Bar, Dublin. Write your own pop song and share it online, design your band’s t-shirt and album cover, try your hand at spinning discs like a professional DJ or join in a music jam. 7 days of popular music with...
T-Léine.ie T-Shirt Competition

T-Léine.ie T-Shirt Competition

T-Léine.ie provides t-shirts for people to share and wear their love for the Irish language. Featuring a variety of vivid images and catchy sayings, T-Léine.ie sells t-shirts for ladies, gents and children. T-léine is a quality product produced after much research...
Collecting Money In Schools

Collecting Money In Schools

Seomra Ranga did a survey last school year to ascertain the extent to which teachers were personally financing the ongoing education of their pupils. It revealed that teachers were digging deep into their own pockets to finance many things which some people would...
Smarty Cat Games Competition

Smarty Cat Games Competition

Smarty Cat Games is a Gaeilge resource which consists of ten games covering each of the ten themes of Curaclam na Gaeilge. They have now developed a new Gaeilge resource – An Cat Cainteach (The Chatty Cat). This ball contains 21 questions and actions to help...
Book Review: Stormclouds

Book Review: Stormclouds

Title: Storm Clouds – New friends. Old differences Author: Brian Gallagher Publisher: O’Brien Published : 2nd September 2013 Main characters: Emma, Dylan, Maeve, Sammy, Sammy’s Da, Aunt Nan, Uncle Jim. Themes: Troubles in Northern...