INTO President demands urgent special education supports at ICTU Biennial Conference
02/07/2025
INTO President Anne Horan is leading the union’s 33-strong delegation to the biennial conference of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions at the Waterfront Hall in Belfast this week, where she has today called for substantial educational supports and care supports for students with additional needs North and South and their schools.
INTO Summer Programme 2025 Launches This Week!
30/06/2025
The INTO is delighted to announce the commencement of the Summer Programme 2025, which kicks off this week. This year’s programme offers an exciting mix of in-person and online courses.
Changes to career break and job share schemes in 2025/26
27/06/2025
Following representations made by the INTO in recent weeks, the DEY has confirmed that the restrictions on teachers undertaking substitute work while on career break or participating in the job share scheme will again be lifted for the course of the 2025/26 school year.
New Documentary Marks 20 Years of INTO LGBT+ Teachers’ Group
18/06/2025
The INTO LGBT+ Teachers' Group is proud to announce the online launch of its documentary, “Teachers Like Us: 20 Years of the INTO LGBT+ Teachers’ Group”, marking two decades of activism, support, and progress for LGBT+ primary school teachers in Ireland.
Member Update on Local Bargaining Process
16/06/2025
The Irish National Teachers’ Organisation (INTO) wishes to provide the following update in respect of our local bargaining process.
Update on Minor Works and ICT Grant Payments
29/05/2025
The Irish National Teachers’ Organisation (INTO) welcomes today’s long-awaited announcement that the Minor Works Grant for the 2025/26 school year and the next instalment of the ICT funding are being paid to primary and special schools.
DEY publishes updated child protection procedures for schools
28/05/2025
The Department of Education and Youth (DEY) has today published Circular 0041/2025 along with the Updated Child Protection Procedures for Primary and Post-Primary Schools 2025.
DEY issues main panel update – 28 May 2025
28/05/2025
Main redeployment panels came into operation this year on 12 May 2025. The DEY advises that there are currently 97 surplus permanent or CID-holding teachers on Main Panels for redeployment.
Main Panel Update – 12 May 2025
12/05/2025
Main Redeployment Panels have come into operation today. The DEY advises that there are currently 209 surplus permanent or CID-holding teachers on Main Panels for redeployment.