Luke O'Shaughnessy, Author at Educate Together

27 May 2022

Educate Together AGM 2022

The 2022 Annual General Meeting was held on Saturday 7th May 2022 in Bremore ETSS, Balbriggan. Members travelled from across the country to participate and contribute to the democratic practices …

27 May 202227 May 2022

Model United Nations event a huge success

By Colm Kehoe, principal, Wicklow ETSS After months of preparation, the day finally arrived for our second Model United Nations Conference which took place on Friday 29 April. With sixteen …

27 May 202230 May 2022

Second-level debating competition final

Monday 9th May was an important day in this year's Educate Together Second-Level Schools Debating Competition with both semi-finals taking place over the course of the day. The first semi-final …

10 May 202212 May 2022

Education Minister commits to engaging with Educate Together on school transfers

Minister for Education Norma Foley TD has committed to engaging with Educate Together and other stakeholders in progressing the Government’s plans to broaden the range of school choice available to …

31 March 202231 March 2022

Cross-border education partnership to support student teachers to teach in Equality-based, Multi-denominational and Integrated primary schools.

In conjunction with the Standing Conference on Teacher Education North and South (SCoTENS), the Shared-Island Unit in the Department of the Taoiseach has announced that they will be funding a …

25 March 202230 March 2022

Educate Together welcomes confirmation of permanent accommodation for two north Dublin city schools

Educate Together can today confirm that Clonturk Community College and Killester Raheny Clontarf ETNS, two Educate Together schools on the northside of Dublin, are to move into new school buildings …

11 March 202211 March 2022

Educate Together raises concerns with the Government’s pilot school transfer programme

Educate Together is today raising concerns around the newly announced pilot programme to identify schools which could transfer to multi-denominational patronage. Whilst awaiting full details on how this new plan …

11 March 2022

Educate Together welcomes the passing of the Integrated Education Bill in Northern Ireland

The passing of the Integrated Education Bill is an historic development for education in Northern Ireland and the integrated education movement in particular. Congratulations to all who have campaigned to …

9 March 20229 March 2022

Educate Together welcomes announcement of new school transfer process, and calls for parents’ voices to be heard in school system reconfiguration

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Educate Together has welcomed the recent announcement of the transfer of a Catholic school in Nenagh, County Tipperary, to ETB patronage, and plans for school transfers in nine more areas. Responding …

8 February 2022

Teacher volunteers to school boards of management

By Deirdre O’Donoghue (national office staff) Each school Board of Management is composed of a teacher nominee elected by the teaching staff of their school. But did you know that …