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Education Minister defends overhaul of Leaving Certificate process

The Education Minister has defended her plans to overhaul the Leaving Certificate process during a speech at a teachers’ union annual conference. Norma Foley told the Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) conference that the reform plans will require ...

20 Apr 2022 at 17:21

National News

ASTI confirms teachers seeking 'substantial' pay increase as cost of living soars

Teachers are seeking a "substantial" pay rise due to the cost of living crisis, ASTI General Secretary Kieran Christie confirmed today. A number of teaching union annual conferences are taking place this week, with pay rates for teachers high ...

19 Apr 2022 at 12:12

Lifford/Stranorlar MD

Stranorlar teacher receives ASTI PJ Kennedy Award

Annie Gallagher, a former teacher at St. Columba’s College, Stranorlar has received an award for service to the ASTI. The PJ Kennedy Award is presented to ASTI members who have given valuable service to the union at branch level. As a member ...

30 May 2022 at 13:34

Donegal MD

Largest Secondary School Union, ASTI will support 2022 Leaving Cert format

The largest secondary school union in the country, the Association of Secondary Teachers of Ireland (ASTI) has said it will support the new arrangements for the Leaving Certificate 2022 and in particular the changes announced to this year’s ...

01 Feb 2022 at 15:56

National News

Schools reopen across the country amid Covid challenges

Schools in Ireland have reopened, amid warnings that Covid-19 will keep thousands of teachers at home in the days to come. Earlier this week, public health chiefs told school managers and unions that it is safe to return to the classroom, ...

06 Jan 2022 at 11:30

National News

Government to continue with current approach to address teacher shortages

Ministers have argued against the introduction of a Dublin allowance for teachers to help address problems schools have faced in recruiting in the Irish capital ahead of the academic year. Teachers’ union the ASTI said on Monday that ...

15 Aug 2023 at 16:07

Local News

Over 2,500 Donegal students receive Junior Cycle results today

Across the county, 2,571 students will collect their Junior Cycle results today. The total number of Donegal students who sat the examinations was 1,316 boys and 1,255 girls. The students can access their results in person or online ...

18 Oct 2023 at 15:10

Local News

Donegal schools re-opening - Many questions remain unanswered say Unions

Nobody more than teachers will be happier to return to a classroom setting with students, but it must be done correctly and safely, while minimising risks to both students and teachers. So affirmed Padraig Curley who is the Donegal ...

31 Jul 2020 at 14:00

Local News

Donegal senator supports unions’ decision on in-school teaching

Independent Senator Eileen Flynn has credited teachers unions for saying their members would not co-operate with in-school teaching and repeated her call for alternatives to the Leaving Cert. The Association of Secondary Teachers ...

08 Jan 2021 at 17:00

Local News

Leaving Cert marking row over indemnity has ASTI and TUI taking different approach

Attempt to resolve a dispute with the Association for Secondary Teachers Ireland (ASTI) and the Department of Education over legal protections for teachers engaged in marking students is continuing today. The country's other ...

22 May 2020 at 09:15

South Donegal

Donegal teacher and PhD student awarded ASTI Bursary

Carol Kennedy-Gardiner, a teacher at Coláiste Cholmcille, Ballyshannon has received an ASTI Bursary. Carol received the bursary at a reception held in Dublin last Friday. The Ballyshannon teacher is currently on secondment ...

27 May 2024 at 15:28

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'We will have pickets outside'

Hundreds of Donegal secondary school teachers are members of the Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland (ASTI), who have voted to engage in strike action in the coming weeks. The union has said it remains available for ...

16 Oct 2016 at 15:48

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