Press Releases

Report Confirms Education Grossly Underfunded in Ireland - TUI

(09 Sep 2008)
 Education is advanced as a key pillar in modern knowledge society by many commentators. Yet just two countries, Greece and Slovak Republic invest less as a percentage of GDP in education than Ireland. TUI claims the survey would paint an even graver picture if it was conducted today.


School Completion Programme must be protected - TUI

(26 Aug 2008)
 TUI has labelled reports that the Department of Education is seeking to cut funding to the School Completion Project "abhorrent."


Great Options Open to School Leavers - TUI

(12 Aug 2008)
 The Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) has offered its congratulations to those students who received their Leaving Certificate results. The union reminds students of the wide range of options open to them and has questioned whether the points system is suitable for all students.


TUI Outlines ICT Facilites Blueprint

(06 Aug 2008)
 TUI has asked the Minister for Education and Science to commit to an assurance that Information and Communications Technology (ICT) are exempt from cutbacks in forthcoming education budgets. The union has also outlined a number of measures it describes as being essential to the development of the much vaunted knowledge economy.


TUI will 'vehemently' oppose cutbacks

(09 Jul 2008)
 Don Ryan, President of Teachers' Union of Ireland this evening commented on the statement made by the Minister for Education today on VEC and third level pay budget cuts:


Annette Dolan Appointed TUI's Deputy General Secretary

(19 Jun 2008)
 Annette Dolan B Ed, M Ed, LLB, BL, has been appointed Deputy General Secretary of the Teachers' Union of Ireland (TUI). Originally from Ballinasloe in Co Galway, Ms Dolan graduated from St Patrick's College of Education in 1984.


Syllabi Delay Shows Nothing But Contempt - TUI

(13 Jun 2008)
 With the State examinations still in progress, the Teachers' Union of Ireland (TUI) has expressed exasperation at the continued delay in implementing the new Art Syllabus at Leaving Certificate four years after it was approved through a consultative process. The union is appalled at the Department's inertia and is demanding that it reconsider its decision. TUI has warned that new courses could be outdated before they are actually implemented.


Union calls for end to academic apartheid

(09 Jun 2008)
 The Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) has called for schools which engage in educational apartheid to be ‘named and shamed’. As part of a wide ranging policy paper on school enrolment issues, the union, which represents 13,000 members, has called for the elimination of the selective processes by which siblings are guaranteed a place in the event of one family member gaining access to a school.


TUI Welcomes new Minister for Education and Science

(08 May 2008)
 TUI today congratulated new Minister for Education and Science Batt O' Keeffe.


Department of Education Accused of Facilitating ‘Academic Apartheid’

(24 Mar 2008)
 TUI believes that the Department of Education and Science continues to facilitate certain schools in operating a system of ‘academic apartheid’ in their admission policies thereby enhancing the privilege of such schools.


Shameful ‘Third World’ School Computer Facilities Must Be Improved

(21 Mar 2008)
 The Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) has criticised the Government’s shortsighted approach to Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the classroom, claiming that the country’s ICT structure in schools has more in common with some third world countries than that of an economically successful member of the EU.


Miniscule Education Budget Increase Would Secure Introduction of Lab Technicians

(20 Mar 2008)
 Serious concern about the decline in the number of students opting to study science subjects at second level and how science education is supported will once again be a major issue at this year’s TUI Congress.



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