Three primary schools from Galway were shortlisted as finalists in the annual Schools Teaching Awareness of Randomised Trials (START) competition, which is run by the Health Research Board-Trials Methodology Research Network (HRB-TMRN). START is held in celebration of International Clinical Trials Day and the anniversary of the first clinical trial carried out in 1747 in … Read more
The Government has taken the first step towards providing free school books for children at the primary level with a €1 million pilot project which will benefit more than 60,000 students. The Children’s Minister, Roderic O’Gorman announced the roll-out of the First 5 My Little Library Initiative. The initiative will see more than 60,000 children … Read more
The schools in Ireland will reopen from Thursday as planned before, the Department of Education has confirmed. The move is followed by the advice of health officials which stated that there were no public health rationale to delay the reopening of schools. Education Minister Norma Foley, department officials, unions and school managements met yesterday to … Read more