June 2010
INTO in the News
Language support vital, says INTO - Irish Times
30th June 2010
The Irish National Teachers Organisation (INTO) has warned the Government about the effects of cuts in the number of support language teachers for non-Irish national students...
News at One - RTE Radio 1
29th June 2010
Primary schools have been finding out what supports will be available from September for those needing language support - Reporter: Emma O’Kelly says cutbacks have led principals to raise concerns - Interviews: Enda McGorman (School Principal) & Sheila Nunan (INTO) who says vulnerable kids will lose out most Education Dept has defended its decisions and highlighted an appeal system.
Newsbeat 2FM
29th June 2010
The INTO is warning that the government is jeopardising the futures of thousands of children by drastically cutting the number of English teachers in schools.
It's tough at the top - why schools can't get a head - Irish Independent
23rd June 2010
Primary teachers can't see the point of becoming principal. It is the job that few people seem to want. Irish primary schools are finding it increasingly difficult to find principals...
INTO supports move - Industrial Relations News
17th June 2010
The primary teachers union, the INTO, said that it was broadly supportive of the new qualification regulations. Noel Ward, deputy general secretary of the INTO, said that the union's objective was to have only qualified teachers in primary schools...
Temporary teachers to have wages cut by third - Irish Times
14th June 2010
More than 100 secondary trained teachers working on temporary contracts in primary schools may have their wages cut by up to a third when new regulations are introduced by the Department of Education in September. And many more secondary trained teachers who take on primary substitution work may also be affected...
More graduates want class action – Sunday Times
13th June 2010
New teachers face stiff competition for permanent jobs but few will end up unemployed, writes Kate Butler.
Peter Mullan of the Irish National Teachers’ Organisation, estimates that just 20% - 25% of graduates will get a permanent job. That is not as gloomy as it sounds, however, as Mullan also estimates a further 70% will get temporary work on graduation, which often leads to permanent positions…
Lessons in Life – Sunday Tribune
6th June 2010
Short working hours, long holidays: many people think of teachers as having it easy…
Primary Teachers want to met Deputy Lowry - Tipperary Star
3rd June 2010
Letter to the Editor reference primary teachers in the Thurles area have been trying to meet their local T.D., Mr. Micahel Lowry for the past number of months.
Secretary of Thurles Branch, INTO
Properties 'are cheaper to replace than repair' - Belfast Telegraph
1st June 2010
Some rundown school buildings in Northern Ireland are costing more to maintain than it would cost to completely replace them, one of the teaching unions has claimed...