Kilkenny children with special educational needs will not be returning to school tomorrow after the government confirmed their phased return was not possible when a deal with teaching unions was not reached. Education Minister Norma Foley made the announcement that SNA services planned to resume tomorrow have now been cancelled and put the blame for […]
Kilkenny Members of the teacher’s union, the Irish National Teachers’ Organisation have raised a staggering €55,000 for the Children’s Medical and Research Foundation (CMRF) in Crumlin. The money was raised as part of an annual draw organised by the union. This year, due to COVID19 restrictions and social distancing guidelines, tickets were sold online and […]
BY COLIN BARTLEY TWO OUT of every three Kilkenny primary school children are being taught in overcrowded classrooms. Class sizes in Kilkenny are some of the highest in the country with more than 67% of classes containing 25 pupils or more. The statistics provided by the Irish National Teachers Organisation (INTO) show Irish classrooms are […]