One of the major talking points among 750 primary school principals attending the Irish Primary Principals Network (IPPN) annual conference in Citywest, Dublin this week is how to provide for children with special education needs.

Principals ar ...

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IPPN statement following the address by Dr Diarmuid Martin, Archbishop of Dublin to the Irish Primary Principals' Network Conference at CityWest Hotel.

The statement that "The primary ethos of the school should be an educational one" by Archb ...

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Irish Principals Support Colleagues in Tajikistan


When Sean Cottréll, Director of the Irish Primary Principals' Network received a telephone call from Save the Children Fund, asking could IPPN help, the response from the IPPN of ...

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Economic downturn by its nature will have short-term impact in this country. It is for this very reason that Government must increase investment in Education to make sure that we are ready for the upturn in the economy when it comes. Over reacting to b ...

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606 E25A0214 300 x 208Bernie Mc Nally was appointed Secretary General of the Department of Education in February 2022. The Department le ...

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Principals are extremely disappointed that the Education budget has failed to address the gap between State funding and the basic running costs of primary schools.

While welcoming the increases in the Capital Budget for Schools, Seán Cottrel ...

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Cheaper holidays and full school attendance not mutually exclusive.


For families with school going children, where the choice of timing of a holiday is limited by the standardised closing of Irish schools, there can ...

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