Category: Education

  • Schools set to reopen as planned, claims Education Minister

    Schools set to reopen as planned, claims Education Minister

    Minister for Education, Norma Foley, has today said she has “every confidence” that schools up and down the country “have the capacity for the full reopening in late August, early September”. Speaking with Claire Byrne on RTE, she stated there were “strong mitigation measures” which will be in place in schools to ensure that they…

  • Update for School Transport in Tipperary

    Update for School Transport in Tipperary

    Closing date for payments If you have applied for Primary and/or Post Primary School Transport, the closing date for payments is Friday, 30 July. Parents are urged to ensure payment is made on or before this deadline date. Application or payment received after 30th July are deemed late and in turn a seat may not…

  • Work to begin on €5 million Clonmel Sport Hub

    Work to begin on €5 million Clonmel Sport Hub

    Work is to begin on a €5 million multipurpose sports facility in Clonmel, as the project developed by Limerick Institute of Technology in partnership with Tipperary County Council gets underway. The building contract between Limerick IT and Tony Patterson Sports Grounds Ltd was signed this afternoon (Tuesday, July 20, 2021). The Clonmel Sports Hub will…

  • Tipperary County Council Library Service Receives Right To Read Award

    Tipperary County Council Library Service Receives Right To Read Award

    In recognition of the implementation of the core programme of Right to Read literacy support services in 2020, Tipperary County Council Library Service has been awarded the Right to Read Award 2020 by the Department of Rural and Community Development. This is in recognition of the standard at which the library service provides literacy and…

  • Leugh NS, Thurles approved for new mainstream classroom – Cahill

    Leugh NS, Thurles approved for new mainstream classroom – Cahill

    The Minister for Education Norma Foley T.D. has today signed off on funding for the construction of a new mainstream classroom for Leugh N.S., just outside Thurles town. Deputy Jackie Cahill confirmed this positive news for Leugh and surrounding areas today, following extensive lobbying of department officials on behalf of the local school’s application. Speaking…

  • Young people suffer as 225,000 now wait for theory and driving tests – Martin Browne TD

    Young people suffer as 225,000 now wait for theory and driving tests – Martin Browne TD

    Sinn Féin’s Martin Browne, today criticised Minister Eamon Ryan for the chaos his lack of action has caused for those trying to learn to drive. Their comments come as figures released to Sinn Féin Transport spokesperson, Darren O’Rourke TD, show 3637 people are now waiting for a driving test in Tipperary while a further 3095…

  • A New Era in Education in Tipperary Expected to Begin on October 1st – Lowry

    A New Era in Education in Tipperary Expected to Begin on October 1st – Lowry

    The Dáil will vote today (Thursday July 8), to establish University campuses in both Thurles and Clonmel.  The Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science has signed off on an appointed day for the establishment of a Technological University (TU) which will encompass both Tipperary campuses.  ‘It is anticipated…

  • Dáil to approve University status for Thurles and Clonmel today

    Dáil to approve University status for Thurles and Clonmel today

    The Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science has signed off on an appointed day for the establishment of a technological university (TU) and its name in both English and Irish, under the Technological Universities 2018 Act, for a TU for the Midlands and Midwest. Deputy Jackie Cahill has…

  • Browne questions Minister for Education about the ongoing problems rural families face in getting places on school buses.

    Browne questions Minister for Education about the ongoing problems rural families face in getting places on school buses.

    “Given the difficulties and upheaval our school children and their families have experienced since early last year, one thing they could do without this summer is a further repeat of the seemingly endless battle and bureaucracy involved in securing school transport. “Every year in Tipperary many parents are left struggling to get school bus spaces…

  • Initial Approval Officially Granted for Colaiste Phobal Building – Michael Lowry TD

    Initial Approval Officially Granted for Colaiste Phobal Building – Michael Lowry TD

    While speculation has been rife on this matter for the past couple of weeks, this initial approval was not formally granted until today by the Department. The project, which falls under the Large-Scale Capital Programme, will provide for a new replacement of the 800 pupil Post-Primary school in the town, and it includes the provision…