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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.

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Publications Archive
Date: 13/06/2025

Teaching Awards in the National Education System and their Recipients 1843-2023
Date: 01/06/2025

INTO Submission: Department of Children, Disability and Equality Statement of Strategy 2025 – 2027
Date: 29/05/2025

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InTouch March/April 2025

INTO’s Woman Presidents 1868 – 2025
Date: 09/05/2025

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Circulars See All Circulars

Circular 0047/2025
Date: 11/07/2025 / Format: PDF / Size: 398.97KB
Home Tuition Grant Scheme 2025/2026

Circular 0040/2025
Date: 24/06/2025 / Format: PDF / Size: 394.63KB
Revision of Capitation Grant Rates for Recognised Primary Schools in the 2025/26 school year

Circular 0044/2025
Date: 12/06/2025 / Format: PDF / Size: 347.79KB
Banning the use of and access to personal mobile phones by pupils during the school day.

Circular 0043/2025
Date: 05/06/2025 / Format: PDF / Size: 412.1KB
Recruitment of Special Needs Assistants (SNAs) - supplementary assignment arrangements for the 2025/2026 school year.

Circular 0042/2025
Date: 29/05/2025 / Format: PDF / Size: 236.38KB
Grant Scheme for ICT Infrastructure.

Circular 0041/2025
Date: 29/05/2025 / Format: PDF / Size: 260.09KB
Publication of Child Protection Procedures for Schools 2025

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