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Norma Foley says it will not 'be acceptable' for primary schools to ask for voluntary contributions for book money

Education Minister Norma Foley has announced that funding worth €96 per child will be provided to every school to provide books, copy books and workbooks to all primary school children.

Irish Mirror

Cost of living Ireland: Free schoolbooks to be rolled out for primary school students

Minister for Education Norma Foley confirmed details of the scheme earlier today, which will grant primary students free access to schoolbooks

Dublin Live

Norma Foley agrees with Taoiseach that transgender prisoners should not be housed in female prisons

Education Minister Norma Foley said that she also agreed with comments from Taoiseach Leo Varadkar that prisoners convicted of violent crimes who were born biologically male should not be placed in female-only prions.

Irish Mirror

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Ireland homework debate rumbles on as school principal suggests more 'meaningful work' in its place

Simon Lewis, the principal at Carlow Educate Together, suggests homework needs to be meaningful to the kids that are doing it

Irish Mirror

Kids write to Minister Norma Foley pleading with her to ban homework after President comments

One kid told her that seven hours in school was "plenty of education"

Irish Mirror

Government spent €800,000 refurbishing press centre that is barely being used

Exclusive: Documents released to the Irish Mirror reveal that the refurbishment of the Government Press Centre in Government Buildings cost nearly €800,000. However, an official press conference has not taken place in the room so far this year.

Irish Mirror

Education Minister Norma Foley says she doesn't let online abuse stop her from doing her job

Comments are often made about Minister Foley’s dress sense and appearance on social media

Irish Mirror

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Government launches scoping inquiry into allegations of sexual abuse in religious order schools

Education Minister Norma Foley encouraged victims of sexual abuse in schools run by religious orders to come forward and take part in the scoping inquiry.

Irish Mirror

Leaving Cert update as plan for students to sit some papers early scrapped

Education Minister Norma Foley announced last year that students entering fifth year in September 2023 would sit English and Irish papers that same summer. They would complete the remainder of their Leaving Cert in sixth year.

Irish Mirror

Fianna Fail TD fuels Bertie Ahern President rumours as he rejoins party a decade after quitting

Senior party figure and Education Minister Norma Foley has indicated a Bertie Ahern run for President of Ireland could be on

Irish Mirror

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar admits schoolchildren can get too much homework but stops short of supporting calls for ban

"I think there's definitely a place for homework but we need to make sure that there isn't too much of it."

Irish Mirror

Norma Foley rules out no homework debate following President's appeal

The President surprised the nation with calls for homework to be abolished.

Dublin Live

Norma Foley won't debate homework with President Michael Higgins after his call for it to be banned

Minister Foley finally broke her silence on the matter last night when she told the Irish Mirror that she was not going to get into it with the President.

Irish Mirror

Call for children to be 'involved' in discussions around homework as President speaks out against it

It comes days after President Michael D Higgins called for homework to be banned at home and for all work to stay in the classroom. Irish Mirror readers were also overwhelmingly in favour of banning homework, with 98% of our readers in favour.

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Dublin teens bring home 55 awards at BT Young Scientist Exhibition

The annual event took place at the RDS after a three year hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic, with a top prize of €7,500 up for grabs

Irish Mirror

Primary schools to spend more time teaching foreign languages with religion time reduced in shake-up

The new framework is likely to be published by Minister for Education Norma Foley early in 2023, and sets out the planned structure and content of the next curriculum for primary schools

Irish Mirror

Education Minister Norma Foley introduces new supports to combat bullying in schools

The Government is backing the plan with €6 million in funding from the Budget

Irish Mirror

Teens hike 17 miles to school with parents in row over school bus tickets

'When we contact Norma Foley the Education Minister, she blames Bus Eireann and to be honest she is just passing the buck'

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Leaving Cert results sky high as university leaders call for swift return to normality

There was an outcry from students and politicians over ensuring this year’s students weren’t at a disadvantage post-Covid

Irish Mirror

Leaving Cert 2022 results day for more than 61,000 students as 'significant milestone' reached

Results will be issued online from 10am

Daily Mirror

Mum-of-3's fury as 'only child in world' with rare syndrome has school bus seat removed

Cadan Geraghty, seven, from Oranmore, Galway, Ireland, is the only recorded child in the world with Jacobsen Syndrome and a Duplication of Chromosome 1

Irish Mirror

Education Minister Norma Foley defends plans to reform Leaving Cert exams

The changes are to come into effect from September next year

Irish Mirror

2,120 primary school classes in Ireland have 30 pupils or more as teachers and students 'under severe pressure'

Exclusive: In some classrooms teachers were trying to cope with teaching up to 39 pupils which has been branded as 'shocking'

Irish Mirror

Education Minister Norma Foley says teens will be taught about porn in schools as change to 'outdated' course needed

Children to be taught about porn at Junior Cert as sex ed curriculum is modernised for first time in 20 years

Dublin Live

Lessons on pornography and consent to be included in new Junior Cert curriculum

The consultation period for the draft curriculum will officially open today

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