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Education Minister Ruairí Quinn today launched new “Guidelines for Developing Textbook Rental Schemes in Schools” in Presentation Primary School, Warrenmount, Dublin 8. The Guidelines provide practical advice to primary and post-primary...

The Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairí Quinn, TD, today launched new “Guidelines for Developing Textbook Rental Schemes in Schools” in Presentation Primary School, Warrenmount, Dublin 8. The Guidelines provide practical...

The Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairí Quinn T.D., today published the Further Education and Training Bill 2013. The Bill provides for the establishment of SOLAS, the new Further Education and Training Authority, under the aegis of the...

Education Minister Ruairi Quinn today announced that parents of all children aged 0 to 12 years in 38 areas across Ireland are being asked what patrons they would like...

Minister Quinn asks parents to indicate which patron bodies they would like to see running primary schools in their area Parents of all children aged 0 to 12 years in 38 areas across Ireland are being asked...

Taoiseach Enda Kenny this evening attended the Young Scientists Exhibition at the RDS, Dublin. This is the 49th year of the Young Scientists event which is open to all second level students from Ireland, both North and South. As well as the 550...

Education Minister Ruairi Quinn today announced he is is allocating an extra €3 million to the Student Assistance Fund, which is available to third level students...

Higher education institutions reporting a two-thirds increase in demand for the Student Assistance Fund. The Minister for Education and Skills is allocating an extra €3 million to the Student Assistance Fund, which is available to third level students...

The Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairí Quinn T.D., has today announced free home access to the online edition of Encyclopaedia Britannica for all school-going children. For the past three years, primary and post-primary schools have had...

Arts Minister Jimmy Deenihan and Education Minister Ruairí Quinn are jointly launching an Arts in Education Charter. This Charter places new responsibilities on Government Departments, agencies, cultural institutions...