Luke O'Shaughnessy, Author at Educate Together

2 May 202029 May 2020

CEO blog

So much can change in 90 days When I was appointed as CEO of Educate Together at the end of last year, I didn’t imagine my first 90 days would …

25 March 202014 May 2021

Educate Together awarded patronage of three new primary schools in Cork and Dublin

Educate Together has been awarded patronage of three new national schools serving Carrigaline in Co Cork, and Sallynoggin/Killiney/Cherrywood and Rathcoole/Newcastle/Saggart in Co. Dublin. Last December, the Department of Education and Skills invited parents in these areas to …

10 March 202014 May 2021

Principal announced for Goatstown Stillorgan ETSS

Educate Together is delighted to announce the appointment of Jonathan Browner as Principal of Goatstown/ Stillorgan Educate Together Secondary School (ETSS). Jonathan Browner, newly-appointed Principal of Goatstown Stillorgan ETSS Jonathan has …

6 March 202014 May 2021

Principal announced for Harold’s Cross ETSS

Educate Together is delighted to announce Padraig Conaty as newly-appointed Principal of Harold’s Cross Educate Together Secondary School (Harold’s Cross ETSS), opening in 2020. Padraig, who is a native of …

2 March 202014 May 2021

Department of Education advice on covid-19

16 March 2020: All schools, Further Education Centres and Higher Education Institutions were closed for students from Thursday March 12th, and all staff are encouraged to work from home per the advice …

7 February 20207 February 2020

“Children with additional needs are being utterly let down”

Niamh Neville, parent of a student in Firhouse ETNS, gives a parent's perspective on the consequences of inadequate Additional Needs Provision. Additional Needs Provision is one of the key issues …

7 February 20208 February 2020

General Election 2020 – what’s in the party manifestos?

At the start of the election season, Educate Together launched an awareness campaign – Treating All  Children Equally - highlighting key issues facing our network of schools and the wider education system in Ireland: school …

6 February 20207 February 2020

“I know we have some of the absolute best educators in the world in our system. But we need support.”

Following on from his much-shared Twitter thread , in this piece, Neil Butler, a maths teacher and Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator at North Wicklow ETSS, outlines the chronic underfunding of …

5 February 20205 February 2020

‘We hope for news soon’

Aoife Mahon, Principal of New Ross Educate Together National School, describes her experience of the divestment process. In 2012 the Forum for Patronage and Pluralism recommended that schools with religious patrons should ‘divest’ …

4 February 20204 February 2020

“Luck should have nothing to do with it”

Simon Lewis, Principal of Carlow ETNS, writes about how the predominance of religious-run schools impacts teachers and families in Ireland. Unfortunately, there are still six counties with no access to …