Irish Independent on MSN59m
Retiring Wicklow teacher will be ‘sorely missed by all’ after 33 years of service
Glenart College in Arklow marked a major milestone in their school community before the mid-term break with the retirement of ...
Independent.ie8d
‘One teacher should have been in a prison cell, not a classroom’ – Pat Stacey on the brutal physical abuse in his school
Growing up in the 70s, when corporal punishment in Irish schools was the norm and would remain so for many years, some adults ...
Fear did a lot of heavy lifting in Irish classrooms
If violent social control is central to how you run a State, then you start with children.
Journal.ie on MSN6d
'I never had a teacher that didn't assault me': Readers' stories of violence in the classroom
Around 200 readers shared their stories of being beaten and humiliated by their teachers in their school years.
Leathered: Violence in Irish Schools - ‘You looked at a teacher the wrong way and you got a slap’
In Navan, Gerry Coffey recollects beating at the hands of an abusive lay teacher. “I remember it very clearly. I can remember where he was standing before the incident was happening. I remember the ...
Irish Examiner on MSN15d
Taskforce needed on teacher shortage ‘crisis’, Dail told
A taskforce is needed to discuss how to tackle the “crisis” of teacher shortages, the Dail has heard. Labour leader Ivana ...