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Ag WWOOFála timpeall na hEorpa
Tá tús curtha le sraith spéisiúil ar TG4 dírithe ar dhaoine ar mian leo dul ag taisteal agus scileanna nua a fhoghlaim. Is eagraíocht é WWOOF (World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms) a thugann...
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US visitors treated to early morning Spirit of Connemara wake-up call
Vistors from the US arrived off a flight at 5am to be greeted to more of an Irish experience than they had bargained for as local sean-nós dancer Emma O’Sullivan and Aran Island natives, the Mulkerrin...
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Bishops have six months to set out plans for school patronage change
Catholic bishops in 23 areas across the State have six months to provide detailed proposals on how they plan on divesting primary schools of their patronage. The move comes on the publication of a...
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Quinn will announce Church to lose school control
‘Clear demand’ for greater diversity cannot be ignored, insists minister THE Catholic Church is being told to hand over another 23 primary schools in an historic shake-up of the eduction system...
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Gaeltacht ar an dé deiridh?
‘Níl a leithéid de rud againn níos mó agus Gaeltacht,’a deir Seosamh Mac Donnacha san eagrán reatha de Comhar. Maíonn sé gur cainteoirí dúchais dátheangacha iad formhór mhuintir na Gaeltachta, agus...
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Union chief wants report on future of schools published
Teachers fear over 1,000 schools with fewer than 80 pupils may be under threat Minister for Education Ruairí Quinn was challenged by Irish National Teachers’ Organisation president Anne Fay to publish...
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Poll: 60% of towns want new patrons
Parents in just 60% of towns dominated by Catholic primary schools have voted to have control handed over to different patrons. Educate Together has emerged as the preferred patron to take over one of...
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Radical change to school enrolment
School waiting lists will be curtailed and application fees abolished under a draft Bill to be brought to Government by the Minist er f or Education and Skills. Practices such as offering preference...
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Delegates wary of minister’s vow on closures
Education Minister Ruairi Quinn failed to convince teachers there will not be further pay cuts or small rural school closures. He told the Irish National Teachers’ Organisation annual congress in Cork...
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Celts celebrate
A GATHERING of up to 10,000 Celts is under way in Co Carlow and is expected to provide the area with a €3m economic boom this week. The six-day Pan Celtic International Festival kicked off last night...
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Progress on patronage
When Minister for Education Ruairí Quinn took office two years ago he advocated the early establishment of multidenominational and non-denominational national schools in response to dramatic social...
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Ceiliúradh ar ealaín na Gaeltachta
DÉANFAR ealaín agus oidhreacht na Gaeltachta a cheiliúradh sa phríomhchathair arís i mbliana ag Féile Sean-Nóis Cois Life ón 12-14 Aibreán 2013. Beidh scoth na n-amhránaithe agus na ndamhsóirí i...
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Teachers urge Quinn to row back on plans for major Junior Cert reform
SECONDARY school teachers have called on Education Minister Ruairi Quinn to slow down his plans for major Junior Cert reform. Concern within the Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland (ASTI) at...
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Survey shows ‘demand for diversity’
Educate Together named as preferred choice by majority of parents in study The results of the recent Department of Education patronage survey were “significant” and “clearly show a demand for...
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Kerry football great nominated for Oireachtas media award
Former Kerry captain Dara Ó Cinnéide has been nominated as TV personality of the year in the Oireachtas Media Awards for his TG4 programme Seó Spóirt. Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh is in the running for actor...
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Conradh na Gaeilge ar an Iúr
Beidh ardfheis Chonradh na Gaeilge ar an Iúr, Co an Dúin, an deireadh seachtaine seo. Is é méara an Iúir agus Mhúrn, John McArdle, a osclóidh an teacht le chéile go hoifigiúil Dé hAoine ag 8pm in...
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Tionchar mionteangacha orainn
CÉN TIONCHAR atá ag mionteangacha ar nós na Gaeilge ar ár dtuiscintí ar chultúr na n-óg in Éirinn agus san Eoraip? Pléifear an cheist seo ag an tríú Comhdháil ar Litríocht agus ar Chultúr na nÓg ón...
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There is still a need for small schools in rural communities, says minister
EDUCATION Minister Ruairi Quinn has ruled out closing 1,000 small schools. Mr Quinn insisted that one, two and three-teacher schools will continue to form a vital part of Ireland's primary education...
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Albanaigh cheolmhara abhus ar turas bliantúil filíochta
Beidh Turas na bhFilí ar siúl idir 17ú-20ú Aibreán i mbliana agus is thiar i Maigh Eo a bheidh siad. Is é Turas na bhFilí an clár malartaithe is faide bunaithe idir Éirinn agus Albain. Ar na filí a...
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Aip iPad seolta ag TG4
Beidh lucht féachana TG4 in ann teacht ar chláir Ghaeilge áit ar bith ar domhan leis an aip nua atá seolta don iPad. Seoladh an leagan iPad do Sheinnteoir Clár TG4 le linn Sheachtain na Gaeilge agus...
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