education

AGENDA, SELF

Childcare strike: ‘As a mother, I fully support the childcare workers strike’

No one is winning in the current situation – not the childcare workers, not the parents, and most…

By Dominique McMullan

TV

LIVING

What you watch on TV says a LOT about your personality

High-quality programming can be enriching, entertaining and educational but the social effects of what we consume through our…

By Amanda Cassidy

Karen Clince, CEO Tigers Childcare

AGENDA

‘A business run for people by people’: How Tigers Childcare grew from 12 children to a €12m turnover

In a sector often overlooked when it comes to business acumen and leadership, Karen Clince has built Tigers…

By Leonie Corcoran

school age

SELF

The best age to start ‘big’ school? We asked a child psychologist

Do you start your child in school as soon as he or she is eligible, or do you…

By Amanda Cassidy

SELF

My parenting life: ‘What do you mean you have a project on cavemen due tomorrow?’

Breezy, confident earth-mothers watch out. The school run is no place for complacency, writes Amanda Cassidy, about the…

By Amanda Cassidy

Leaving Cert exam

AGENDA

The Leaving Certificate is getting a long-overdue shake up, but will the reform reduce stress?

With new subjects being added, a greater weight being put on continuous assessment and some exams being sat…

By Sarah Gill

Katherine Hepburn: her decision to wear trousers continues to set her apart
premium

AGENDA, STYLE

Women’s fight to wear the trousers continues in Ireland’s education system

It’s 2022 and women are still fighting for the right to, literally, wear the trousers as aspirations to…

By Rose Mary Roche

Marian Finucane bursary

AGENDA

Women’s education bursary set up in memory of the late Marian Finucane

The new bursary fund was set up in honour of Marian Finucane, with the aim being to help…

By Sarah Finnan

Construction

AGENDA

‘Reality check’: What it’s like being a woman in the construction industry

Engineer Mary Cate Smith talks of her career in the construction industry; how it varies from place to…

By IMAGE

homeschooling

SELF

Homeschooling hell: ‘I’m under so much pressure and it’s from the mums’ WhatsApp groups’

Nothing brings out the ultra-competitive side of parenting like a killer virus forcing us to homeschool. Amanda Cassidy…

By Amanda Cassidy

AGENDA

The Leaving Cert will go ahead, but what will it look like?

By Jennifer McShane

canceltheLeavingCert2021

AGENDA

‘You are just not listening’: Student campaign to #canceltheLeavingCert2021 gains momentum

Ahead of this evening's meeting to discuss exams, the Teachers Union of Ireland has called for the Leaving…

By Amanda Cassidy