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The Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairí Quinn T.D., today announced the headquarter locations where VECs are being merged as a result of the Government decision to reduce the number of VECs from 33 to 16....

The Minister of State for Training and Skills, Ciarán Cannon, T.D., today opened the Clonmel Adult Literacy Centre. The Centre is the new headquarters for the Adult Learning Scheme of South...

Minister for Education and Skills Ruairi Quinn TD today thanked the thousands of volunteers who have served on Boards of Management of primary schools over the last four years and encouraged parents to stand for election for new Boards of Management in over 3,000 schools....

Education MinisterRuairi Quinn, TD, today published updated child protection procedures for schools. The “Child Protection Procedures for Primary...

The Minister of State for Training and Skills, Ciarán Cannon, T.D., today launched the Annual Conference of SCoTENS (the Standing Conference on Teacher Education, North...

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney TD, today officially opened Rosemount Environmental Research Station, a major new research station in the heart of UCD’s Belfield campus. The Minister welcomed...

Minister for Communications, Energy & Natural Resources - Pat. Rabbitte T.D, today announced offers of training grants amounting to €1.88m for 20 training projects run by community and voluntary groups and not for profit organisations under the BenefIT 3 scheme....

The Minister of State for Training and Skills, Ciarán Cannon, T.D., today opened a “Training and Recruitment Fair” in Ballinasloe, Co. Galway...

The Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairí Quinn TD, today established the inaugural Student Grants Appeals Board. The Appeals Board was established...

New inspection reports on the web today comprise: 14 whole-school evaluations (WSEs) of primary schools; 1 whole-school evaluation (WSEs) of a post-primary school, including 4 subject inspections...