News Archives - Educate Together

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 …

5 May 20226 May 2022

Deirdre O’Donoghue to retire in May after more than 27 years of dedicated service

After more than 27 years of dedicated service as a staff member in Educate Together, Deirdre O’Donoghue will retire from her role this month. Deirdre was Educate Together's first employee, …

11 April 2022

Educate Together Welcomes Allocation of 100 Additional Posts to New and Developing Schools

Commenting on the announcement today of teacher allocations for primary schools for the 2022/23 school year, Educate Together has welcomed the focus on developing schools, while calling for allocations to …

8 April 20228 April 2022

Educate Together appoints Julia Bauer as Fundraising and Communications Officer

Educate Together, Ireland’s equality-based school patron, has appointed Julia Bauer as the organisation’s new Fundraising and Communications Officer. [gallery ids="8492"] Julia has a number of years of experience working in …

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 …

16 December 202116 December 2021

Integrated and equality-based school movements call for new approaches to accelerate change to make choice a reality for all

The Northern Ireland Council for Integrated Education and Educate Together are today calling for increased efforts to accelerate the pace of change across the island to ensure that all families …