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IPPN appeared before the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education on 30th November 2006 following an invitation to present their findings on the recruitment and retention crisis in school leadership.

This wide-ranging presentation by Seán ...

STUDENTS should be taught more languages and from an earlier age, employers organisation IBEC claimed yesterday.


Recent reports to the Government have highlighted the lack of ...

FOREIGN languages should be made compulsory in primary schools and a wider range of languages should be available at post-primary level, the employers' body IBEC has suggested.

"Currently there are 390 primary schoo ...

Interview with Matt Cooper on The Last Word October 9th 2007 on the topic of Performance Management and its impacton School Principals.

To listen to this interview, please click on the link below.

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Dear Principal,

You are aware that since 2007, IPPN is actively campaigning to achieve a significant increase in operational funding for Primary Schools.

In association with the National Parents' Council (NPC), we have designed a short ...

The Irish Primary Principals' Network (IPPN) is the professional body for the leaders of Irish Primary Schools. Since its establishment in 2000, IPPN's membership has increased to a total of 6,000 Principals and Deputy Principals. To reflect the planne ...

ESSENTIAL building and repair works will be carried out at a further 151 schools this summer, Education Minister Mary Hanafin announced yesterday.

The additional €8.5 million to the summe ...

The Minister for Education and Science, Mary Hanafin TD, today announced that the National Council for Special Education will be formally established on 1 October 2005.

The Council, which has already been established on an interim basis, is the body c ...

Mr. John Gormley, TD
Minister for the Environment, Heritage & Local Government
Department for the Environment
Custom House Quay
Dublin 1

13 December 2007

Re.: Water Charges in Primary Schools

Dear Minis ...

Dear Minister Hanafin,

The issue of water charges being levied on primary schools is a matter of serious concern to Boards of Management and especially to Principal Teachers. Water is a new expense to schools and despite the recent €15 increas ...

Netd@ys is taking place this year from the 22-27 November. Perhaps your school would be interested in getting involved.

Netd@ys - a European Commission initiative-is an annual celebration of the use of new media (multimedia, internet, videocon ...

My name is Paddy Ford. I am Principal of a small urban school in Dunedin ,New Zealand. I have won a scholarship from the local Principals Association and am visiting Ireland from the 12 -21 september. I would love to vist s ...

I would like to extend an invitation to you to take part in a PhD research project about School Principals.

My name is Rob Taylor, a School Principal. I am com ...

THE Information Commissioner, Emily O'Reilly, has called for inspection reports on all schools and nursing homes to be made routinely available to the public.

Ms O'Reilly, who oversees impl ...

Munster Rugby is encouraging all schools throughout the province to decorate their schools and wear red on Munster Red Day which takes place on Friday, 23rd May. Some of the largest schools throughout the province have already committed to showing th ...

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