Pamela Campbell, a teacher in De La Salle College Dundalk, recently wrote and recorded a song for autism acceptance month. The video features children, teenagers and young adults on the spectrum. youtu.be/YP3aPsxI5B8?...
Funding cuts from SOLAS have led to layoffs of adult educators in ETBs.
These cuts don’t just take away jobs—they take away essential educational opportunities for the most vulnerable of FET learners: adults with literacy needs, adults with additional learning needs and ESOL learners.
TUI Congress passed a motion last week on on Irish neutrality and keeping the Triple lock. We'd encourage members to attend this march and sign the pledge at www.neutrality.ie
Important update!
Circular 38/2026 has now been published to provide for the Senior Cycle Level 1 and Level 2 Post of Responsibility.
www.tui.ie/news/importa...
Important update!
Provision of a dedicated Post of Responsibility to support the enactment and subsequent development of Senior Cycle Redevelopment – the Senior Cycle Redevelopment Co-ordinator
www.tui.ie/news/importa...
Omar Barghouti, Founder of Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel, addresses delegates at #TUI26
Omar Barghouti, Founder of Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel, addresses delegates at #TUI26
Liam Beirne from The Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) addresses delegates at #Tui26 and talks about the obscenity of the transfer of wealth from the ordinary taxpayer to the wealthiest people in society.
Audrey Cepeda addresses congress on the issue of perimenopause and menopause and the impact it can have on women's health . There should be greater understanding and support in the workplace. #TUI26
Kate Mooney tells Congress that the teacher retention crisis is being fueled by a cost of living crisis - , food bills, energy bills, College fees and rental accommodation/mortgage repayments have increased above the national inflation rate. The government needs to do more! #tui26
Adrienne Timmons of Co Carlow branch talks about the importance of SEN teachers at #tui26
"There is something worth fighting for here. A second-level system worthy of the young people it serves. A profession worthy of the commitment teachers pour into it. #TUI26
"AI does not teach. Teaching and learning exist, have always existed, entirely independently of AI, the human relationship at the heart of things. We are therefore most concerned, Minister, by Government’s ill-conceived, dangerous, support at EU level for de-regulation of AI." - Anthony Quinn #tui26
"We are told to cooperate first, to trust the process, to engage constructively, to keep the show on the road, and then somehow, when it comes to the State honouring its side of the bargain, there is delay, hesitation, reinterpretation and drift.
Ní ghlacfaimid le sin níos mó. " #TUI26
"Teachers have delivered. Teachers have cooperated. Teachers have moved. The Department must move now, not eventually. Not after more process, another futile round of administrative choreography. Now." - Anthony Quinn at #tui26
"Members of the TUI,voted on the Senior Cycle Redevelopment Implementation Support Measures and accepted their obligations in good faith. We now expect every element of that collective agreement to be delivered upon, fully, faithfully and without drift, delay or dilution." - TUI President #tui26
"Young people see a long route into teaching. Fragmented first contracts, often on low hours and low income, distant from home. They see themselves falling victim to the housing crisis - a crisis, a scandal, that successive governments have abjectly failed to address, much less resolve." - #tui26
"Volunteerism enriches school life when it is freely given. It becomes exploitation when it is casually assumed." - TUI President Anthony Quinn at #TUI26
"Workload and teacher supply are not separate problems. ... The teacher supply problem is not a mystery. It is the logical consequence of policy choices." - TUI President Anthony Quinn #tui26
"The public education system cannot be run on the finite fuel of volunteerism. It must not be built on an assumption of the, unpaid, unmeasured, unending willingness of teachers to go beyond the formal call of duty just to keep the institution functioning." Anthony Quinn at #TUI26
"Excessive, unsustainable workload is not an industrial footnote. It is a profound educational problem." - TUI President Anthony Quinn #Tui26
"The Irish second-level system is being held together by teacher goodwill, and teacher goodwill is being abused. The State has come to rely on the professionalism, patience and commitment of teachers as though these were inexhaustible public resources. They are not." President Anthony Quinn #tui26
"The issues facing second-level teaching are far too serious for euphemism and coy diplomacy. Schools, and teachers, are at breaking point; the strains unsustainable. And your Department, Minister, bears much, if not all, of the responsibility for this sorry state of affairs." #TUI26
"The work you do is important to ensure that teachers, who are central to the education of our students, have the resources and supports they need to deliver for students." - Hildegarde Naughton concludes her address to Congress. #TUI26
"We need to embrace a more inclusive model of education, where young people of all abilities are catered for in their community. There is much work to do, and I intend this to begin in very near future." - Minister Hildegarde Naughton at #tui26