This webpage contains links to a selection of recent media coverage of the ASTI.
February, 2026
Acknowledging the importance of history in our schools - Letter to Editor - Irish Times - 10th February, 2026 - Click here to read.
Mid-West Radio News - Interview with Geraldine O'Loughlin, ASTI Standing Committee representative for Region 2 interviewed about teaching recruitment and retention crisis - 6th February, 2026 - Click here to listen.
Newstalk Breakfast - Interview with Kieran Christie, ASTI General Secretary about the ongoing teacher recruitment crisis and the ASTI demand for radical action on teacher supply - 5th February, 2026 - Click here to listen back.
January, 2026
‘It’s just stressful’: Workers facing two and three hour commutes into Dublin - Irish Times (Online) - 26th January, 2026 - Click here to read.
Main public-sector unions add 16,000 members in two years - Irish Times (Online) - 4th January, 2026 - Click here to read.
December, 2025
Newstalk - Pat Kenny Show - Kieran Christie, ASTI General Secretary joins programmed to discuss how targeted bursaries could be considered to resolve the teacher recruitment crisis - 22nd December, 2025 - Click here to listen.
‘You’re talking about 6am to 6pm door-to-door’: How motorway congestion in Dublin is getting worse - Irish Times (Online) - 12th December, 2025. Click here to read.
Teachers' unions renew calls for masters programme to be cut from two years to one - The Journal (Online) - 10th December, 2025 - Click here to read.
Schools 'ill-prepared' for Leaving Cert reforms, Oireachtas committee hears - Irish Examiner (Online) - 10th December, 2025 - Click here to read.
RTÉ Radio 1 - Today with David McCullough - Aaron Wolfe, ASTI member and Principal of Coláiste Éamann Rís joined an interview about the funding for mobile phone pouches in schools - 10th December, 2025 - Click here to listen back.
Leaving Cert AI reforms risk making a mockery of the principle of equality - Irish Times - 7th December, 2025 - Click here to read.
RTÉ - Prime Time, 'We've done all we can do to fix M50,' warns Transport Infrastructure Ireland'. Seán O’Neill, ASTI member and teacher at St. Laurence’s College, Loughlinstown, discusses daily commute to and from work on the M50. 2nd December, 2025 - click here to listen.
November, 2025
Newstalk Podcast with Jess Kelly - Behind The Screens: Parenting teenagers in the digital age - Interview with ASTI member Jean-Marie Ward, Alex Cooney, Cyber Safe Kids, Daragh McCashin, DCU Anti-bullying Centre and Dr Brendan Kelly, Trinity College - 14th Novmber, 2025 - Click here to listen.
October, 2025
RTÉ - Raidió na Gaeltachta - Nuacht a hAon - Interview with Geraldine O'Loughlin, ASTI Standing Committee Region 2 interviewed about Budget 2026 and education - 10th October, 2025 - Click here to listen back.
Budget 2026 ‘a missed opportunity’ to upgrade education, says Cork TD - EchoLive.ie (Online) - 8th October, 2025 - Click here to read.
Budget 2026: Welfare, petrol, diesel and cigarettes rise, little change to income tax - Irish Times (Online) - 7th October, 2025 - Click here to read.
More teachers and a €500 permanent cut to third-level fees – what education got in the budget - Irish Independent (Online) - 7th October, 2025 - Click here to read.
‘Half my salary goes on renting shared accommodation’ – teacher calls for rent caps and affordable housing programme - Irish Independent (Online) - 7th October, 2025 - Click here to read.
Kieran Christie, ASTI General Secretary interviewed on Virgin Media TV news about an initiative by Dublin City Council to rejuvenate vacant city centre properties for low cost rental purposes for key workers including teachers - 1st October, 2025 - Click here to watch. (Scroll to 16:47)
September, 2025
'System is buckling': Budget must address second level school underfunding, says Cork teacher - Echo.ie (Online) - 12th September, 2025 - Click here to read.
‘A generation of students is losing out’: State trailing behind globally in education spending, OECD finds - Irish Times (Online) - 9th September, 2025 - Click here to read.
RTÉ - Raidió na Gaeltachta- Tús Áite programme - Lorraine Finn, ASTI Standing Committee representative, Region 3 interviewed about the latest OECD Education at a Glance 2025 key findings - 9th September, 2025 - Click here to listen back.
Newstalk - The Hard Shoulder Programme - Kieran Christie, ASTI General Secretary joins an interview alongside Secretary of Catherine McAuley NS, Debbie Burke, and Principal of Gorey Community School, Michael Finn to discuss the ongoing industrial action by Forsa members - 4th September, 2025 - Click here to listen back (Scroll to 01:18)
‘Unsustainable’ – teacher unions say schools ‘struggling to operate as normal’ amid secretary and caretaker strike action - Irish Independent (Online)- 4th September, 2025 - Click here to read.
Teacher unions call for urgent talks to end strike - RTÉ website - 4th September, 2025 - Click here to read.
The new Leaving Cert changes explained: ‘The most significant reforms in a century’ - Irish Times (Online) - 2nd September, 2025 - Click here to read.
August, 2025
RTÉ Radio 1, News at One programme interviewed Padraig Curley, ASTI President about the Forsa School Secretaries and Caretakers industrial action - 28th August, 2025 - Click here to listen back - (Scroll to 04.45)
Shannonside - Let's Talk programme interviewed Padraig Curley, ASTI President about the Forsa School Secretaries and Caretakers industrial action - 28th August, 2025 - Click here to listen back.
Last-minute talks scheduled in advance of strike by school secretaries and caretakers - Irish Times (Online) - 25th August, 2025 - Click here to read.
Tipp Mid West Radio - Morning Call Programme - Donal Coughlan, ASTI Standing Committee representative for Region 9 is interviewed about the revised Senior Cycle Programme - 25th August, 2025 - Click here to listen. (Scroll to show on 25th August - first item).
‘It’s like groundhog day. I want something else’: Teacher takes career break to work in a bar in the south of France - Sunday Independent (Online) - 24th August, 2025 - Click here to read.
RTÉ Radio 1, Morning Ireland programme - Padraig Curley, ASTI President interviewed about today's Leaving Certificate results and the Senior Cycle Programme - 22nd August, 2025 - Click here to listen - (scroll to 43:28)
All schools expected to open next week despite strike by secretaries and caretakers, Department of Education says - Irish Times (Online) - 21st August, 2025 - Click here to read.
Newstalk, The Hard Shoulder programme - Padraig Curley, ASTI President interviewed about ASTI's concerns about Senior Cycle redevelopment and the risk of industrial action by the ASTI if concerns are not addressed - 18th August, 2025 - Click here to listen back.
Tipp FM, Tipp Today programme - Padraig Curley, ASTI President interviewed on Tipp Today Programme to discuss second-level teacher recruitment and retention crisis - 18th August, 2025 - Click here to listen back - (Scroll to 38.47)
Midlands 103, Midlands Today programme - Padraig Curley, ASTI President who joined programme to discuss possible industrial action by ASTI if concerns about the Leaving Cert are not addressed on Midlands Today programme - Click here to listen back - (scroll to 01:20:60)
ASTI warns of potential strike if concerns about Leaving Cert reforms not addressed - Irish Times (Online) - 18th August, 2025 - Click here to read.
Galway Bay FM, Galway Talks programme - Padraig Curley, ASTI President joined programme today to discuss the recruitment and retention crisis in second-level schools - 15th August, 2025 - Click here to listen. (Scroll to 37:27 to listen).
LMFM - The Agenda Programme - Padraig Curley, ASTI President joined programme today to discuss recruitment and retention crisis in second-level schools - 15th August, 2025 - Click here to listen back.
More than 600 teaching posts remain vacant ahead of new school term - Irish Examiner (Online) - 15th August, 2025 - Click here to read.
Schools drop subjects due to staff shortages: Unfilled vacancies in 67% of schools - Echolive.ie - 15th August, 2025 - Click here to read.
Hundreds of teaching posts remain unfilled as schools prepare to reopen, says ASTI - Irish Times (Online) - 14th August, 2025 - Click here to read.
Government not taking teacher retention crisis seriously, says ASTI - Dublinpeople (Online) - 14th August, 2025 - Click here to read.
ASTI slams 'rushed' Leaving Certificate changes - Cork Independent (Online) - 14th August, 2025 - Click here to read.
Padraig Curley, ASTI President interviewed on Galway Bay FM, Galway Talks with John Morley Show about the new Senior Cycl Redevelopment and ASTI's concerns - 5th August, 2025 - Click here to listen back (Scroll to 58:05)
Donegal teacher takes over as new ASTI President - Ocean FM - 1st August, 2025 - Click here to read / listen back.
Padraig Curley, ASTI President interviewed Tipp Today Show on Tipp FM about the Senior Cycle Redevelopment and ASTI's concerns - 1st August, 2025 - Click here to listen back - (Scroll to 1:02:58)
July, 2025
Donegal-based incoming ASTI President fears Leaving Cert changes will widen inequalities - Highland Radio - 31st July, 2025 - Click here to listen back.
June, 2025
Newstalk Breakfast - Kieran Christie, ASTI General Secretary joins programme to discuss teachers’ concerns about the Senior Cycle Redevelopment Programme - 26th June, 2025 - Click here to listen.
RTÉ website - ASTI to instigate dispute process mechanisms over senior cycle reforms - 25th June, 2025 - Click here to read.
RTÉ website - What impact will the changes to Senior Cycle have? - 24th June, 2025 - Click here to read.
Leaving Cert classical studies: Students pushed for time in exam with challenging moments - Irish Times (Online) - 23rd June, 2025 - Click here to read.
Leaving Cert physical education (PE): Students pushed for time with longer questions - Irish Times (Online) - 20th June, 2025 - Click here to read.
Leaving Cert economics: A ‘great paper’ with topical questions - Irish Times (Online) - 20th June, 2025 - Click here to read.
Phone pouch plan is ‘20 years too late’, says Cork school principal - The Echo (Online) - 20th June, 2025 - Click here to read.
Leaving Cert music: A challenging paper with some familiar Irish musicians - Irish Times (Online) - 19th June, 2025 - Click here to read.
Students will use second phone to get around school pouch, says Cork principal - The Echo (Online) - 19th June, 2025 - Click here to read.
Leaving Cert physics: ‘Anyone hoping for a replay of past papers will have been shocked’ - Irish Times (Online) - 18th June, 2025 - Click here to read.
Leaving Cert chemistry: No room for waffle as paper gets straight to the point - Irish Times (Online) - 17th June, 2025 - Click here to read.
Leaving Cert Spanish: A ‘good’ paper with lots of choice, despite some tricky moments - Irish Times (Online) - 17th June, 2025 - Click here to read.
RTÉ Radio 1, Drivetime programme - Diarmaid de Paor, ASTI Deputy General Secretary and Prof Barry O'Sullivan, UCC and a member of the AI Advisory Council join the programme to discuss the use of generative AI in schools - 16th June, 2025 - Click here to listen. (Scroll to 1:55:19)
Leaving Cert agricultural science: Some curveballs but lots of choice - Irish Times (Online) - 16th June, 2025 - Click here to read.
Leaving Cert German: a demanding exam which pushed students to ‘think outside the box’ - Irish Times (Online) - 13th June, 2025 - Click here to read.
Leaving Cert business: Exam right on the money with wide choice and familiar questions - Irish Times (Online) - 13th June, 2025 - Click here to read.
RTÉ Radio 1 - Morning Ireland programme - Diarmaid de Paor, ASTI Deputy General Secretary discusses mobile phone pouches in schools and the €9 million funding allocation - 13th June, 2025 - Click here to listen back to interview.
Radio Kerry - Today with Jerry O'Sullivan Show - Donal Cremin, ASTI President discusses mobile phone pouches in schools and the €9 million funding allocation - 13th June, 2025 - Click here to listen back to interview.
Leaving Cert business: Exam right on the money with wide choice and familiar questions - Irish Times (Online) - 12th June, 2025 - Click here to read.
'Accessible' Leaving Cert history exam will have left some students 'bitterly disappointed' - Irish Examiner (Online) - 12th June, 2025 - Click here to read.
Leaving Cert French: tricky vocab and grammar questions pose a challenge - Irish Times (Online) - 11th June, 2025 - Click here to read.
Tough French comprehension exam challenges Leaving Cert students - Irish Examiner (Online) - 11th June, 2025 - Click here to read.
Leaving Cert students get 'really nice and well laid out' biology exam - Irish Examiner (Online) - 10th June, 2025 - Click here to read.
RTÉ website - ASTI calls for talks with department after Leaving Cert reform rejection - 9th June, 2025 - Click here to read.
Galway Bay FM - Galway Talks Show - Diarmaid de Paor, ASTI Deputy General Secretary discussed ASTI ballot outcome - 9th June, 2025 - Click here to listen back.
Leaving Cert maths paper 2: Students seeking H1s or H2s find paper particularly challenging - Irish Times (Online) - 9th June, 2025 - Click here to read.
Leaving Cert students face tougher maths paper with 'some curveballs' - Irish Examiner (Online) - 9th June, 2025 - Click here to read.
Leaving Cert Irish paper one: a topical paper with some notable absences - Irish Times (Online) - 9th June, 2025 - Click here to read.
Reformed Leaving Cert would allow too many opportunities to cheat using AI - Irish Times (Online) 8th June, 2025 - Click here to read.
Threat of industrial action in secondary schools as ASTI rejects Leaving Cert reform package - TheJournal.ie (Online) - 7th June, 2025 - Click here to read.
Secondary schools face threat of industrial action after ASTI rejects Leaving Cert reform package - Irish Times (Online) - 6th June, 2025 - Click here to read.
ASTI votes down Leaving Cert reform package - Irish Independent (Online) - 6th June, 2025 - Click here to read.
Threat of industrial action in secondary schools as ASTI rejects Leaving Cert reforms - Irish Examiner (Online) - 6th June, 2025 - Click here to read.
Mixed feelings around Leaving Cert maths but students avoid getting caught in spider web question - Irish Examiner (Online) - 6th June, 2025 - Click here to read.
Leaving Cert English paper two: ‘Dense’ questions posed a challenge amid relief over appearance of much-predicted poets - Irish Times (Online) - 5th June, 2025 - Click here to read.
Leaving Cert and Junior Cycle: live reaction to day two of the exams - Irish Times (Online) - 5th June, 2025 - Click here to read.
State exams: 'Extremely relevant' climate change questions feature - Irish Examiner (Online) - 5th June, 2025 - Click here to read.
Junior Cycle English exam: ‘Curveball’ short story question trips up some students - Irish Times (Online) - 4th June, 2025 - Click here to read.
Leaving Cert English paper one: challenging but plenty of choice - Irish Times (Online) - 4th June, 2025 - Click here to read.
Leaving Cert home economics paper praised for clarity, relevance, and focus on sustainability - Irish Examiner - 4th June, 2025 - Click here to read.
Could you pass English paper 1? First Leaving Cert exams of 2025 'very balanced' - Irish Examiner - 4th June, 2025 - Click here to read.
May, 2025
RTÉ Player - Prime Time - Kieran Christie, ASTI General Secretary participated in this programme which discussed how online masculinity influencers are shaping the views of young men and boys - Click here to watch - 22nd May, 2025.
RTÉ website - ASTI: 'Exponential growth' in misogynistic comments from students - 21st May 2025 - Click here to read.
Newstalk - Lunchtime Live programme - Kieran Christie, ASTI General Secretary joins the show to discuss whether teacher absenteeism is a problem in our schools - 22nd May, 2025 - Click here to listen.
RTÉ RnaG - Nuacht a hAon - Moira Leydon, Assistant General Secretary discusses the Senior Cycle Redevelopment reforms and the reasons for a ballot - 16th May, 2025 - Click here to listen back. (Scroll to 50:00)
ASTI to ballot teachers on Leaving Cert reforms, with possible path to industrial action if rejected - Irish Times (Online) - 11th May, 2025 - Click here to read.
ASTI to ballot members on Leaving Cert reforms and possible industrial action - Irish Examiner (Online) - 10th May, 2025 - Click here to read.
New Leaving Cert senior cycle to start this September - Irish Independent (Online) - 9th May, 2025 - Click here to read.
Synge Street CBS teachers may take industrial action over Gaelcholáiste plan - Irish Times (Online) - 9th May, 2025 - Click here to read.
Unions to vote on Leaving Cert reform proposals after talks end - Irish Examiner (Online) - 8th May, 2025 - Click here to read.
Teaching union urges members to back new Leaving Cert reform package - Irish Times (Online) - 8th May, 2025 - Click here to read.
RTÉ RnaG - Tus Aite programme - Moira Leydon, Assistant General Secretary discusses the protest held at Synge Street CBS and the reasons behind same - 8th May, 2025 - Click here to listen.
Synge Street CBS teachers and parents protest 'zero-consultation' approach to gaelcholáiste plan - Irish Examiner (Online) - 8th May, 2025 - Click here to read.
RTÉ (Online) - Protest held at Dublin school over Gaelcholáiste plan - 8th May, 2025 - Click here to read.
Teachers protest at Dublin's Synge Street school over plans to switch to Gaelcholáiste - TheJournal.ie - 8th May, 2025 - Click here to read.
Synge Street CBS Teachers To Consider Industrial Action Claiming “Zero Consultation” Over Gaelcholáiste Plans Radio Nova - 8th May, 2025 - Click here to read.
April, 2025
‘It’s a double grief’: Teachers talk of difficulties in standing before a class after a miscarriage - Irish Times (Online) - 25th April, 2025 - Click here to read.
RTÉ, RnaG - Admhaidin programme, - Claire Hatton, ASTI delegation from Dublin South 1 branch and teacher at CBS Synge Street interviewed on the decision to change the Christian Brothers School on Synge Street in Dublin from a regular secondary school to an Irish-medium school - Click here to listen back - 25th April, 2025.
Strike action mooted over Leaving Cert reforms as Cork teacher says concerns 'aren't going away' - Echo Live - 25th April, 2025 - Click here to read.
Newstalk Breakfast - ASTI Threatens Industrial Action - Donal Cremin, ASTI President interviewed about potential industrial action - 23rd April, 2025 - Click here to listen.
ASTI to partner with social media platform TikTok to combat cyberbullying of teachers - Irish Examiner (Online) - 23rd April, 2025 - Click here to read.
Teachers call for more supports to deal with aftermath of school assaults - Irish Examiner (Online) - 23rd April, 2025 - Click here to read.
Teacher had to postpone having children due to restrictions on sick leave, ASTI conference told- Irish Times (Online) - 23rd April, 2025 - Click here to read.
Second teachers' union votes unanimously for potential industrial action over Leaving Cert reforms - Irish Examiner (Online) - 23rd April, 2025 - Click here to read.
ASTI conference: Teacher had to delay having children as illness due to pregnancy not covered - Irish Examiner (Online) - 23rd April, 2025 - Click here to read.
Alarm over 64pc surge in teachers on sick leave as a result of assaults in schools - Irish Independent (Online) - 23rd April, 2025 - Click here to read.
What Irish teachers think of AI: ‘It has great benefits’ - Irish Times (Online) - 23rd April, 2025 - Click here to read.
Teachers alarmed by potential AI threat to new senior cycle as minister vows to press ahead - Irish Independent (Online) - Click here to read.
Leaving Cert reforms ‘will hurt DEIS schools, but benefit those in private education’, teacher warns - Irish Times (Online) - 23rd April, 2025 - Click here to read.
Second-level teachers to ballot for industrial action over Leaving Cert reforms - Irish Times (Online) - 22nd April, 2025 - Click here to read.
Second-level teachers could ballot for industrial action over Leaving Cert reforms - Irish Times (Online) - 22nd April, 2025 - Click here to read.
Secondary teachers to ballot for industrial action if talks fail on controversial senior cycle changes - Irish Independent (Online) - 22nd April, 2025 - Click here to read.
ASTI members to be balloted on industrial action over Leaving Cert reform talks - Irish Examiner (Online) - 22nd April, 2025 - Click here to read.
RTÉ Radio 1, Morning Ireland programme - Kieran Christie, ASTI General Secretary interviewed about the key issues to be debated during ASTI Convention - 22nd April, 2025. Click here to listen.
Virgin Media 12.30 pm news - Kieran Christie, ASTI General Secretary interviewed about the key issues to be debated during ASTI Convention 22nd April, 2025 - Click here to watch.
RTÉ website - Bands for top Junior Cycle grades to be widened - RTÉ web - 22nd April, 2025 - Click here to read.
Teachers to consider industrial action over proposed Leaving Cert reforms - Irish Times (Online) - 22nd April, 2025 - Click here to read.
‘Chronic underfunding’ means schools rely on parents to help keep lights on, teachers warn - Irish Independent (Online) - 22nd April, 2025 - Click here to read.
More students expected to get higher grades under Junior Cycle update - Irish Examiner (Online) - 22nd April, 2025 - Click here to read.
‘It’s impossible’: Will teachers be able to stop cheating for new Leaving Cert coursework? - Irish Times (Online) - 22nd April, 2025 - Click here to read.
Almost 80pc of veteran teachers warn they could not afford to enter the profession today - Irish Independent (Online) - 21st April, 2025 - Click here to read.
How single people are locked out of buying first home in Ireland’s biggest cities – and surrounding commuter counties - Irish Independent (Online) - 21st April, 2025 - Click here to read.
Leaving Cert reforms are being ‘rushed’ before schools have capacity, teachers warn - Irish Times (Online) - 15th April, 2025 - Click here to read.
Study reveals teachers ‘stretched to the limit’ with workload demands and ‘lack of resources’ - Irish Independent (Online) - 15th April, 2025 - Click here to read.
Virgin Media News at 12.30 pm - Donal Cremin, ASTI President discusses ASTI /REDC survey on School leaders: Workload, wellbeing and curriculum change - 15th April, 2025. - Click here to watch - Scroll to 3:05 mins.
Virgin Media, Ireland AM - Donal Cremin, ASTI President discusses a DCU Survey on Teachers' Stress - 11th April, 2025 - Click here to watch - Scroll to 22:50 to begin watching.
March, 2025
Plan to turn Synge Street CBS into Gaelcholáiste to proceed despite staff concerns - Irish Times (Online) - 19th March, 2025 - Click here to read.
RTÉ Radio 1 - Morning Ireland - Diarmaid de Paor, ASTI Deputy General Secretary discusses plans to transform Synge Street CBS into a Gaelcholáiste - 19th March, 2025 - Click here to listen.
Newstalk - Newstalk Breakfast - Diarmaid de Paor, ASTI Deputy General Secretary calls for a pause to plans to develop Synge Street CBS as a Gaelcholáiste - 19th March, 2025 - Click here to listen.
RTÉ web - School place supposed to be a constitutional right, says parent - Click here to read - 17th March, 2025.
Teachers seek indemnity from legal actions over students’ improper AI use in Leaving Cert - Irish Times (Online) - 15th March, 2025 - Click here to read.
Why are teachers so worried about the threat posed by artificial intelligence (AI) to the Leaving Cert? - - Irish Times (Online) - 15th March, 2025 - Click here to read.
February, 2025
RTÉ Radio 1 - News at One programme - Diarmaid de Paor discusses Synge Street CBS not proceeding with plans to become a Gaelcholáiste - 14th February, 2025. Click here to listen.
TG4 Nuacht - Moira Leydon, Assistant General Secretary, Education and Research Officer interviewed about Synge Street CBS - 14th February, 2025. Click here to watch. (Scroll to 23:45)
RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta - Nuacht A Haon - Moira Leydon, Assistant General Secretary, Education and Research Officer interviewed about Synge Street CBS - 14th February, 2025. Click here to listen.
Synge Street CBS board of management says it will ‘not proceed’ with move to Gaelcholáiste - Irish Times (Online) - 14th February, 2025. Click here to read.
RTÉ website - Synge Street CBS rejects Gaelcholáiste switch - 14th February, 2025 - Click here to read.
Newstalk - Pat Kenny Show - Kieran Christie, ASTI General Secretary joins show to discuss school enrolment in schools - 12th February, 2025 - Click here to listen.
RnaG, Tús Áite programme - Moira Leydon, Assistant General Secretary, Education & Research discusses the Senior Cycle programme - 5th February, 2025. Click here to listen.
January, 2025
Letters to the Editor: Concerns over changes to the Leaving Cert - Letter by John Conneely, ASTI Standing Committee Region 4 - Irish Examiner (Online) - 25th January, 2025. Click here to read.
Integrity of the Leaving Certificate is at serious risk - Letter by John Conneely, ASTI Standing Committee Region 4 - Irish Times (Online) - 24th January, 2025. Click here to read.
Most secondary teachers will struggle to authenticate students’ work under Leaving Cert reforms, survey finds - Irish Times (Online) - 22nd January, 2025. Click here to read.
‘We’re not going back to a world before AI’: how technology is changing the classroom - Irish Times (Online) - 21st January, 2025. Click here to read.
Cork teachers and unions express mixed views on government proposals - Echo Live.ie - 18th January, 2025 - Click here to read.
December, 2024
Teachers have 'serious concerns' over use of AI in Leaving Cert project work - Irish Examiner (Online) - 5th December, 2024 - Click here to read.
November, 2024
Teachers protest amid concerns over 'speed of redevelopment' - The Clare Champion (Online) - 24th November, 2024 - Click here to read.
Letters to the Editor: Assessment proposal will undermine integrity of Leaving Cert exam - John Conneely, ASTI Standing Committee representative for Region 4 - Irish Examiner (Online) - 23rd November, 2024 - Click here to read.
‘Don’t rush’ senior cycle changes - Cork Independent (Online) - 20th November, 2024 - Click here to read.
Watch: ASTI and TUI teachers unions protest the programme to reform the leaving certificate - Irish Examiner - 19th November, 2024 - Click here to read.
Teachers stage protest over rushed Leaving Cert reform - Donegal Daily (Online) - 19th November, 2024 - Click here to read.
Explainer: why are second level teachers protesting outside schools today? - Irish Times (Online) - 19th November, 2024 - Click here to read.
Sligo teachers in lunchtime protest over Leaving Certificate cycle changes - Sligo Independent (Online) - 19th November, 2024 - Click here to read.
East Coast Radio - Wicklow Teachers Join Nationwide Protest Over Proposed Leaving Cert Changes - (Online) - 19th November, 2024 - Click here to read.
Teachers to protest outside schools to seek delay in implementing Leaving Cert reforms - TheJournal.ie (Online) - 19th November, 2024 - Click here to read.
Cork teachers to protest 'poorly thought out' Leaving Cert changes - Echo Live.ie - 19th November, 2024 (Online) - 19th November, 2024. Click here to read.
30,000 teachers to protest over planned Senior Cycle changes - DublinPeople.com - 19th November, 2024 (Online) - Click here to read.
Teachers protest in bid to delay Leaving Cert reform - Irish Times (Online) - 19th November, 2024 - Click here to read.
Newstalk.ie - Thousands of teachers set to protest over Leaving Cert changes - 19th November, 2024 - Click here to read.
Radio Kerry - Secondary school teachers in Kerry protesting Leaving Certificate reforms - 19th November, 2024 - Click here to read / listen back to interview with Donal Cremin, ASTI President.
RTÉ Radio One, Morning Ireland programme - Donal Cremin, ASTI President discusses today's lunchtime protest by 30,000 teachers calling for a delay in the implementation of changes to Senior cycle education - 19th November, 2024 - Click here to listen.
RTÉ TV - News at One - Education minister does not want to delay introducing Leaving Cert reforms - 19th November, 2024 - Click here to read.
Newstalk, Newstalk Breakfast programme - Donal Cremin, ASTI President discusses today's lunchtime protests taking place nationwide - 19th November, 2024 - Click here to listen.
What's happening to the Leaving Cert that's bringing teachers on to the streets today? - Irish Examiner (Online) - 19th November, 2024 - Click here to read.
Cork teachers to protest 'poorly thought out' Leaving Cert changes - Echo Live.ie (Cork) - 19th November, 2024 - Click here to read.
RTÉ, RnaG - Adhmhaidin - Moira Leydon, ASTI Assistant General Secretary interviewed about the lunchtime protest taking place today - 19th November, 2024. Click here to listen back.
The Journal.ie - Teachers to protest outside schools to seek delay in implementing Leaving Cert reforms - 19th November, 2024 - Click here to read
Election 2024: Education — 'Forget phone pouches. Leaving Cert projects are a bigger problem' - Irish Examiner (Online) - 18th November, 2024 - Click here to read.
Laois teachers to stage walk-out in ASTI & TUI protest - Laois Live.ie - 18th November, 2024 - Click here to read.
Secondary school teachers in Donegal to hold lunchtime protest on Tuesday - Donegal Daily (Online) - 17th November, 2024 - Click here to read.
Galway Bay FM - Galway Talks with John Morley - Interview with Ritchie Bell, ASTI Standing Committee Representative Region 3 about the upcoming lunchtime protests on 19th November next - 14th November, 2024 - Click here to listen.
South East Radio - Wexford Second Level Teachers to protest next week - 14th November, 2024 - Click here to read.
Second-level teachers to protest outside Mayo schools over Senior Cycle concerns - Mayo News Live (Online) - 13th November, 2024 - Click here to read.
Teachers to protest next week in bid to delay Leaving Cert reform - Irish Times (Online) - 12th November, 2024 - Click here to read.
Cork teachers hit back over Michael O’Leary's 'callous' comments - Echo Live.ie - 12th November, 2024 - Click here to read.
Teachers to hold protests over Senior Cycle concerns - RTÉ (Online) - 12th November, 2024 - Click here to read.
Leaving Cert students may face single English exam, with project in fifth year - Irish Times (Online) - 12th November, 2024 - Click here to read.
Teachers to protest next week over 'rushed' changes planned for Leaving Cert - Irish Examiner (Online) - 12th November, 2024 - Click here to read.
Beat 102/103 FM - 30,000 teachers to stage lunchtime protest next week - 12th November, 2024 - Click here to read.
RTÉ Radio One, Drive Time programme - Kieran Christie, ASTI General Secretary responds to comments made by Michael O'Leary on teachers - 11th November, 2024 - Click here to listen (Scroll to 06:06)
ASTI president criticises ‘offensive’ comments from Ryanair boss and calls for apology - Irish Independent (Online) - 11th November, 2024 - click here to read.
Radio Kerry - Kerry Today Show, Donal Cremin, ASTI President reacts to comments made about teachers by Michael O'Leary - 11th November, 2024 - click here to listen back.
October, 2024
RTÉ Radio One, Claire Byrne Show - Donal Cremin, ASTI President discusses school contribution fees - 29th October, 2024 - Click here to listen.
CRC Castlebar Radio - The Chat Room programme - Moira Leydon, Assistant General Secretary, Education & Research Officer discusses the ASTI Education Conference theme of Inclusive Education in our Schools: Challenges and Opportunities - 14th October, 2024 - click here to listen back.
Phone pouches: What school principals, teachers and students are saying - Irish Times (Online) - 4th October, 2024 - Click here to read.
General Secretary Kieran Christie talks to Rachael English on allocation of €9 million towards phone pouches in Budget 2025, RTÉ Radio 1, News at One - 3rd October, 2024 - Listen back here
"€9m on Locked Phone Pouches: Kerry Head of ASTI Responds" President Donal Cremin on Kerry Today show, Radio Kerry - 3rd October, 2024 - Listen back here
September, 2024
Leaving Cert students to get up to 50% of marks by creating video in new subject - Irish Times (Online) - 11th September, 2024 - Click here to read.
Teaching unions slam Ireland's 'shameful' underinvestment in schools - Irish Examiner (Online) - 10th September, 2024 - Click here to read.
Teachers should not be forced to deliver ‘sensitive’ sex education classes - union - Irish Examiner (Online) - 10th September, 2024 - Irish Examiner - Click here to read.
Newstalk - The Pat Kenny Show - Donal Cremin, ASTI President discusses CAO system and entry to third level education - 9th September, 2024 - Click here to listen back. (Scroll to 01:00:28)
August, 2024
Secondary school students have ‘major logistical concerns’ over proposed smartphone ban, union says - Irish Independent (Online) - 28th August, 2024 - Click here to read.
RTÉ RnaG - Admhaidin programme - Moira Leydon, Assistant General Secretary, Education & Research Officer discusses teacher shortages - 15th August, 2024 - Click here to listen back.
General Secretary Kieran Christie discusses teachers shortages on RTÉ Radio 1 News at One, 14th August, 2024 - listen back here.
Assistant General Secretary Moira Leydon on Adhmhaidin to discuss teacher shortages, 15th August, 2024 - listen back here.
President Donal Cremin disccuses teacher shortages on The Michael Reade Show, LMFM, 15th August, 2024 - listen back here.
Lack of teacher recruitment and retention impacting north west students - Ocean FM interview with ASTI Vice President Padraig Curley, 15th August, 2024 - Listen back here
Teacher shortages could leave classes with un-qualified staff members at the whiteboard this September - Live 95 FM - 20th August, 2024 - Click here to read.
July, 2024
Lack of resources and high cost of housing threaten to delay reforms of Leaving Cert - Sunday Independent (Online) - 7th July, 2024 - Click here to read.
June, 2024
Leaving Cert religion: a nuanced paper challenged students to think critically - Irish Times (Online) - 25th June, 2024 - Click here to read.
Leaving Cert physical education: a contemporary exam, but students challenged for time - Irish Times (Online) - 21st June, 2024 - Click here to read.
Leaving Cert design and communication graphics: a straightforward paper with space-aged twist - Irish Times (Online) - 20th June, 2024 - Click here to read.
Leaving Cert music: few bum notes in exam which featured Queen, The Beatles, Tchaikovsky and Bach - Irish Times (Online) - 20th June, 2024 - Click here to read.
Leaving Cert physics: ‘ample’ choice gave students a fair opportunity to show their ability - Irish Times (Online) - 19th June, 2024 - Click here to read.
Leaving Cert chemistry: A ‘fair’ paper with plenty of choice and few surprises - Irish Times (Online) - 18th June, 2024 - Click here to read.
Leaving Cert Spanish: some struggled with ‘challenging’ vocabulary - Irish Times (Online) - 18th June, 2024 - Click here to read.
Leaving Cert German: ‘More student-friendly than the mock exams’ - Irish Times (Online) - 14th June, 2024 - Click here to read.
Leaving Cert business exam: ‘Students had to think on their feet’ - Irish Times (Online) - 13th June, 2024 - Click here to read.
Leaving Cert history: An exam that ‘played the hits’ - Irish Times (Online) - 12th June, 2024 - Click here to read.
Leaving Cert French: a challenge for those seeking top grades - Irish Times (Online) - 12th June, 2024 - Click here to read.
Leaving Cert Irish paper two: student-friendly, but challenging in parts - Irish Times (Online) - 11th June, 2024 - Click here to read.
Students ‘delighted’ after maths, but Irish exam poses challenges for some - Irish Times (Online) - 10th June, 2024 - Click here to read.
Leaving Cert maths paper two: ‘overwhelmingly positive’ response from students - Irish Times (Online) - 10th June, 2024 - Click here to read.
Leaving Cert Irish paper one: ‘At first glance many would have felt disappointed’ - Irish Times (Online) - 10th June, 2024 - Click here to read.
Junior Cycle maths: A mostly fair paper with a sting in the tail - Irish Times (Online) - 7th June, 2024 - Click here to read.
Leaving Cert geography: topical paper that gave students a chance to shine - Irish Times (Online) - 7th June, 2024 - Click here to read.
Leaving Cert maths paper one: ‘It was nice... paper two may be a bruiser’ - Irish Times (Online) - 7th June, 2024 - Click here to read.
Relief after ‘fair’ maths paper: Reaction to Leaving Cert and Junior Cycle exams - Irish Times (Online) - 7th June, 2024 - Click here to read.
‘Students tested with challenging English paper’: Reaction to day two of Junior Cycle and Leaving Cert exams - Irish Times (Online) - 6th June, 2024 - Click here to read.
Junior Cycle Irish: Some tricky words on otherwise straightforward papers - Irish Times (Online) - 6th June, 2024 - Click here to read.
Leaving Cert English paper two: tough Hamlet and Plath questions cause some consternation - Irish Times (Online) - 6th June, 2024 - Click here to read.
Most students leave exam happy after day one of Leaving and Junior Cert exams - Irish Times (Online) - 5th June, 2024 - Click here to read.
Leaving and Junior Cert students encouraged to 'mind themselves' as exams get under way - Irish Examiner (Online) - 5th June, 2024 - Click here to read.
May, 2024
Changes to Leaving Cert science exams ‘at risk’ over shared files claim - Sunday Independent (Online) - 26th May, 2024 - Click here to read.
YLE - Finnish State Broadcaster interviewed Aisling Hughes, ASTI Monaghan branch member about the cost of housing in Ireland - May, 2024 - Click here to read/ watch video interview.
‘It’s revolutionising the classroom’: Meet the teachers embracing AI - Irish Times (Online) - 7th May, 2024 - Click here to read.
Teacher union members indicate high levels of support for proposed merger - Irish Times (Online) - 2nd May, 2024 - Click here to read.
April, 2024
Teachers ‘absolutely hate’ so-called Croke Park hours, says Cork-based ASTI president - The Echo (Online) / Echo Live.ie - 7th April 2024 - Click here to read.
Cork teacher expresses concern about Leaving Cert grading system - The Echo (Online) / Echo Live.ie - 7th April 2024 - Click here to read.
ASTI and TUI members surveyed regarding the amalgamation of the two unions - Educationmatters.ie - 4th April, 2024 - Click here to read.
Newstalk - Lunchtime Live programme, Richard Cosgrave, ASTI Dungarvan delegate discusses teaching service abroad not being recognised - 3rd April, 2024 - Click here to listen.
RTÉ Radio 1 Drivetime programme - Kieran Christie, ASTI General Secretary discusses key issues of the day including cyberbullying of teachers and AI - 3rd April, 2024 - Click here to listen. (Scroll to 18:17)
South East Radio, Morning Mix Show - Deirdre Mac Donald, ASTI Wexford delegate discusses Convention key issues - 3rd April, 2024 - Click here to listen. (Scroll to 17.20)
Norma Foley in the firing line: Teachers question why they earn less after teaching abroad - TheJournal.ie - 3rd April, 2024 - Click here to read.
RTÉ web - ASTI and TUI members to be asked if they want to merge unions - 3rd April, 2024 - Click here to read.
'It hits you in the heart': Teacher speaks out after being cyberbullied by students in his school - Irish Examiner (Online) - 3rd April, 2024 - Click here to read.
RTÉ web - 'It's heartbreaking' - teacher speaks of being cyberbullied by student - 3rd April, 2024 - Click here to watch.
Teacher unions ASTI and TUI announce survey of members over possible merger - Irish Times (Online) - 3rd April, 2024 - Click here to read.
Teaching degree duration could be reduced to stop students ‘working for free’ - Echo Live.ie - 3rd April, 2024 - Click here to read.
RTÉ Rnag - Tús Áite programme - Conall O'Dufaigh, ASTI Bray Branch and delegate at ASTI Convention discusses key issues of debate - 2nd April, 2024 - Click here to listen.
RTÉ Rnag - Adhmhaidin programme - Moira Leydon, ASTI Assistant General Secretary discusses key issues for debate at Convention 2024 - 2nd April, 2024 - Click here to listen.
Teachers call for oral exams to be held during term instead of Easter break - Irish Independent (Online) - 2nd April, 2024 - Click here to read.
ASTI votes to resist Leaving Cert reform amid 'widespread concern' over impact of AI - TheJournal.ie - 2nd April, 2024 - Click here to read.
Norma Foley in the firing line: Teachers question why they earn less after teaching abroad - Thejournal.ie - 2nd April, 2024 - Click here to read.
RTÉ Radio One - Morning Ireland Programme - Kieran Christe, ASTI General Secretary interviewed about key issues for debate at ASTI Convention - 2nd April, 2024 - Click here to listen.
RTÉ web - 'Complete change in thinking' needed on teacher shortage, says ASTI - 2nd April, 2024. Click here to read.
Artificial intelligence poses cheating risk to Leaving Cert, teachers warn - Irish Times (Online) - 2nd April, 2024 - Click here to read.
‘Children are using AI, whether we like it or not’ - Irish Times (Online) - 2nd April, 2024 - Click here to read.
Teachers ‘leaving in droves’ due to mountain of paperwork and rising living costs, INTO conference hears - Irish Times (Online) - 2nd April, 2024 - Click here to read.
‘I’m devastated: my wife and I are wondering why we came back’ – teacher’s four years’ work in Dubai not reflected in pay - Irish Independent (Online) - 2nd April, 2024 - Click here to read.
‘AI must support and never replace teachers’ – union calls for regulation of AI in Irish classrooms - Irish Independent (Online) - 2nd April, 2024 - Click here to read.
Teachers’ union warns Simon Harris he must follow through on promises made while Higher Education Minister - Irish Independent (Online) - 2nd April, 2024 - Click here to read.
Cork teacher says moves to make changes to the Leaving Certificate has colleagues 'concerned' - The Echo (Online) / Echo Live.ie - 1st April, 2024 - Click here to read.
March, 2024
RTÉ Nine O'Clock News - Moira Leydon, Assistant General Secretary discusses ASTI / RED C Survey on Digital Technology and its impact on Teachers' Working Lives. Interview with Jean Marie Ward, ASTI Member - 26th March, 2024 - Click here to watch. (Scroll to 13.52)
News at One Programme - Geraldine O'Brien, ASTI President discusses ASTI /RED C Survey on Digital Technology and its Impact on Teachers' Working Lives - 26th March, 2024 - Click here to listen back.
Parents are regular offenders in social media bullying of teachers, survey finds - Irish Times (Online) - 26th March, 2024 - Click here to read.
A fifth of second-level teachers have experienced cyberbullying, survey finds - Irish Examiner (Online) - 26th March, 2024 - Click here to read.
RTÉ Prime Time programme - Aisling Hughes, ASTI Member from Monaghan Branch discusses cost of living and housing crisis in Ireland - 19th March, 2024 - Click here to watch.
Teacher unions ASTI and TUI to survey members over potential merger - Irish Times (Online) - 4th March, 2024 - Click here to read.
January, 2024
Galway Bay FM - Galway Talks with Keith Finnegan - Geraldine O'Brien, ASTI President discusses the teaching shortage crisis at second-level - 9th January, 2024 - Click here to listen.
LMFM - The Michael Reade Show - Diarmaid de Paor, ASTI Deputy General Secretary discusses the teaching shortage crisis at second-level - 9th January, 2024 - Click here to listen. (Scroll to 36:29)
C103 FM - Cork Today with Patricia Messenger - Diarmaid de Paor, ASTI Deputy General Secretary discusses the teaching shortage crisis at second-level - 9th January, 2024 - Click here to listen.
RTÉ Radio 1 - Drivetime programme - Kieran Christie, ASTI General Secretary discusses the teaching shortages crisis - 8th January, 2024 - Click here to listen back - (Scroll to 1:21:29).
Virgin Media News at 5.30 pm - Kieran Christie, ASTI General Secretary interviewed and also Sinead Corkery, ASTI Standing Committee representative for Region 18 discuss the teaching shortages crisis - 8th January, 2024 - Click here to watch - (Scroll to 13:22).
RnaG - Nuacht a hAon - Moira Leydon, Assistant General Secretary discussed the teaching shortage crisis - 8th January, 2024 - Click here to listen.
School Principal In Cork Says It's Up To Parents To Ensure Children Aren't Vaping - Red FM (Online) - 3rd January, 2024 - Click here to read.
December, 2023
RTÉ Radio 1 - Drivetime programme - Geraldine O'Brien, ASTI President discusses the oral exams - 15th December, 2023 - Click here to listen. Scroll to 2:29:55.
‘Extremely disappointing’ that Leaving Cert oral exams are to go ahead during Easter break - Irish Examiner (Online) - 15th December, 2023 - Click here to read.
November, 2023
State exams body reviews whether to hold Leaving Cert oral exams during Easter holidays - Irish Times (Online) - 30th November, 2023 - Click here to read.
Timing of oral exams for Leaving Cert students is being evaluated - Irish Examiner (Online) - 29th November, 2023 - Click here to read.
RTÉ - Unions want Leaving Cert oral exams returned to pre-pandemic timings (Online) - 29th November, 2023 - Click here to read.
Teacher unions endorse call for oral exams to return to pre-pandemic dates - Irish Independent (Online) - 29th November, 2023 - Click here to read.
Schools will seek to reassure parents that all safety procedures are in place after Dublin stabbing - Sunday Independent (Online) - 26th November, 2023 - Click here to read.
Students demand oral exams be brought back to before Easter break - Irish Independent (Online) - 16th November, 2023 - Click here to read.
Secondary schools may face ‘unpalatable decisions’ to drop subjects due to teacher crisis - Irish Independent (Online) - 15th November, 2023 - Click here to read.
October, 2023
Department of Education must 'move quickly' with guidance on use of AI - Irish Examiner (Online) - 18th October, 2023 - Click here to read.
Record number of Junior Cycle students set to receive results today - Irish Times (Online) - 18th October, 2023 - Click here to read.
RTÉ RnaG - Moira Leydon, Assistant General Secretary interviewed about Budget 2024 - 11th October, 2023 - Click here to listen back.
‘No incentives in Budget 2024 to attract or keep teachers in profession’ - BreakingNews.ie - 10th October, 2023 - Click here to read.
RTÉ 1 Budget 2024 programme - Interview with Aisling Hughes, ASTI member and a teacher in Our Lady's Castleblayney in Monaghan interviewed about the Budget - 10th October, 2024 - Click here to watch back. (Scroll to 3:16:17)
Education budget fails to address 'big issues', say teachers' unions - Irish Examiner (Online) - 10th October, 2023 - Click here to read.
Students and parents benefit, but schools and colleges feel left behind - Irish Times (Online) = 10th October, 2023 - Click here to read.
Crisis in the staffroom: ‘Teaching was once assumed to be a soft number. That’s over now’ - Irish Times (Online) - 7th October, 2023 - Click here to read.
Why are Irish secondary schools suffering from a shortage of teachers? - Irish Times (Online) - 8th October, 2023 - Click here to read.
September, 2023
RnaG – Tús Áite programme – Moira Leydon, ASTI Assistant General Secretary discusses proposals by the Tánaiste Michael Martin being in favor of reducing the Masters in Education from 2 years to one year to tackle the current teacher crisis – 26th September, 2023- Click here to listen.
Unions sound alarm over post-Covid behavioural problems as 125 teachers assaulted by students last year - Sunday Business Post - 24th September, 2023 - Click here to read.
Leaving Cert: Unions welcome ‘sensible’ deferral of plans for teachers to mark students for exams - Irish Times (Online) - 21st September, 2023 - Click here to read.
LMFM - The Michael Reade Show - Geraldine O'Brien, ASTI President discusses announcement by Minister for Education, Norma Foley to suspend plans for teacher-based assessments in Leaving Cert - 21st September, 2023 - Click here to listen.
Virgin Media - The Tonight Show - Kieran Christie, ASTI General Secretary joins panel of guests to discuss today's announcement by Minister for Education, Norma Foley to suspend plans for teacher-based assessments in Leaving Cert - 20th September, 2023 - Click here to watch.
'It’s not a climbdown': Teachers back Foley over suspension of teacher-based assessment - Irish Examiner (Online) - 20th September, 2023 - Click here to read.
Virgin Media News - Kieran Christie, ASTI General Secretary joins gives reaction to announcement by Minister for Education, Norma Foley to suspend plans for teacher-based assessments in Leaving Cert - 20th September, 2023 - Click here to watch.
AI fears prompt minister to suspend plans for teacher-based assessments in Leaving Cert - Irish Examiner (Online) - 20th September, 2023 - Click here to read.
AI fears force Education Minister to abandon shake up of Leaving Cert assessments - Irish Independent (Online) - 20th September, 2023 - Click here to read.
RTÉ website - Teacher-based assessment plans for Leaving Cert shelved over AI concern - 20th September, 2023 - Click here to read.
LMFM - The Michael Reade Show - Geraldine O'Brien, ASTI President interviewed about the OCED Education at a Glance 2023 on key findings on Ireland's education ratings - Click here to listen back - 13th September, 2023.
Ireland has second worst staff-student ratio in higher education in OECD - Irish Examiner (Online) - 12th September, 2023 - Click here to read.
Ireland spends less on students than OECD average - Irish Independent (Online) - 12th September, 2023 - Click here to read.
Where have all the teachers gone? - RTÉ website - Click here to read - 6th September, 2023.
August, 2023
3,105 new teachers added to national register but permanent positions 'miniscule, if any' - Irish Examiner (Online) - 29 August, 2023 - Click here to read.
C103FM - Cork Today - Geraldine O'Brien, ASTI President on teacher supply crisis - 16th August 2023 - Click here to listen
Virgin Media - Ireland AM - Kieran Christie, ASTI General Secretary on teacher supply crisis - 16th August 2023 - Click here to watch
Virgin Media - News at 5.30 - Kieran Christie, ASTI General Secretary on teacher supply crisis - 15th August 2023 - Click here to watch - Scroll to 3:03
RTÉ Radio 1 - Morning Ireland - Interview with Kieran Christie, ASTI General Secretary on teacher supply crisis 15th August 2023 - Click here to listen
Newstalk - Newstalk Breakfast - Interview with Kieran Christie, ASTI General Secretary on teacher supply crisis - 15th August 2023 - Click here to listen
Today FM - The Last Word with Matt Cooper - Interview with Kieran Christie, ASTI General Secretary on teacher supply crisis - 15th August 2023 - Click here to listen - Scroll to 41:22.
LMFM - The Michael Reade Show - Interview with Geraldine O'Brien, ASTI President on teacher supply crisis - 15th August 2023 - Click here to listen - Scroll to 1:01:53
ASTI head: 'Quite frankly, they're putting people in classrooms who aren't teachers' -TheJournal.ie - Click here to read
East Coast FM - Morning Show - Interview with Geraldine O'Brien, ASTI President on teacher shortages - - 14th August 2023 - Click here to listen - Monday's Show, 10am, from 14:50
Schools still trying to recruit hundreds of teachers ahead of new school year- Irish Examiner - 14th August 2023- Click here to read
SUNDAY ISSUE Teacher shortages are damaging our children’s education – we need to address the crisis urgently, says ASTI President - The Irish Sun - 13th August 2023 - Click here to read.
LMFM - The Michael Reade Show - Interview with Geraldine O'Brien, ASTI President on shortages of teachers and discusses year ahead - 2nd August, 2023 - Click here to listen - Scroll to 52:30.
KFM - Kildare Today Show - Interview with Geraldine O'Brien, ASTI President on shortages of teachers and discusses year ahead - 2nd August, 2023 - Click here to listen - Scroll to 29:12.
Today FM - The Last Word - Interview with Geraldine O'Brien, ASTI President on challenges facing teachers currently and discusses year ahead - 1st August, 2023 - Click here to listen back - Scroll to 00:51:31.
ASTI: Teacher shortage crisis 'at its worst' and undermining education - Irish Examiner (Online) - 1st August, 2023 - Click here to read.
June, 2023
Leaving Cert: Topical issue of data centres features on Technology papers - Irish Independent (Online) - 27th June, 2023 - Click here to read.
Some unexpected twists in Applied Maths for Leaving Cert students - Irish Independent (Online) - 27th June, 2023 - Click here to read.
Leaving Cert physical education: A fair exam that demanded holistic approach - Irish Times (Online) - 23rd June, 2023 - Click here to read.
Leaving Cert economics: Perfect paper for ‘students who love economics’ - Irish Times (Online) - 23rd June, 2023 - Click here to read.
Leaving Cert: Physical Education paper provided ‘plenty of opportunity’ for candidates to score - Irish Independent (Online) - 23rd June, 2023 - Click here to read.
Leaving Cert: Economics papers feature topical subjects including interest rates and electricity prices - Irish Independent (Online) - 23rd June, 2023 - Click here to read.
Leaving Cert accounting: Students would have been pushed to complete all questions on time, teachers say - Irish Times (Online) - 22nd June, 2023 - Click here to read.
Accounting exam suited 'match fit' students who had done 'plenty of practice' - Irish Examiner (Online) - 21st June, 2023 - Click here to read.
Leaving Cert physics: No nasty surprises - Irish Times (Online) - 21st June, 2023 - Click here to read.
Leaving Cert: Physics exam a fundamentally fair paper - Irish Examiner (Online) - 21st June, 2023 - Click here to read.
Cork Airport and a turtle blown off route to Ireland feature in Spanish exam - Irish Examiner (Online) - 20th June, 2023 - Click here to read.
Spanish and Chemistry Leaving Cert papers 'relatively straightforward' - Irish Examiner (Online) - 20th June, 2023 - Click here to read.
'Fundamentals of chemistry well examined' in Leaving Cert exam - Irish Examiner (Online) - 20th June, 2023 - Click here to read.
Leaving Cert chemistry higher level “a good test of knowledge and analytical skills” - Irish Independent (Online) - 20th June, 2023 - Click here to read.
Leaving Cert chemistry higher level “a good test of knowledge and analytical skills”Leaving Cert chemistry: ‘A good test of knowledge, understanding and analytical skills’ - Irish Times (Online) - 20th June, 2023 - Click here to read.
Leaving Cert Spanish: ‘Students will likely feel happy with this paper’ - Irish Times (Online) - 20th June, 2023 - Click here to listen.
Farming challenges and Mandarin Chinese for Leaving students as Junior Cycle exams finish - Irish Independent (Online) - 19th June, 2023 - Click here to read.
Leaving Cert agricultural science higher level attracts different opinions - Irish Independent (Online) - 19th June, 2023 - Click here to read.
Junior Cycle exams end on positive note with ‘well-thought-out paper’ for Applied Technology - Irish Independent (Online) - 19th June, 2023 - Click here to read.
Drones feature on Junior Cert engineering exam; Leaving Cert construction students tested on vernacular homes - Irish Examiner (Online) - 16th June, 2023 - Click here to read.
Junior Cycle: Engineering paper topical with smart farming, a hybrid e-trike and renewable energy - Irish Independent (Online) - 16th June, 2023 - Click here to read.
Leaving Cert: German higher level students asked about extension of drinking licence to 6am - Irish Independent (Online) - 16th June, 2023 - Click here to read.
Leaving Certs left smiling after German paper on music festivals and airport chaos - Irish Examiner (Online) - 16th June, 2023 - Click here to read.
Leaving Cert: Art exam draws positive response in first year of new format - Irish Independent (Online) - 15th June, 2023 - Click here to read.
Sprechen sie Deutsch? Could you pass a 'lovely' German JC exam or a challenging Business Leaving Cert? - Irish Examiner (Online) - 15th June, 2023 - Click here to read.
Moon landing features on Leaving Cert history while poor audio hampers Junior Cycle Spanish students - Irish Examiner (Online) - 14th June, 2023 - Click here to read.
Leaving Cert: History higher level students could not mark centenary by tackling a civil war question - Irish Independent (Online) - 14th June, 2023 - Click here to read.
Leaving Cert history: ‘Greatest hits’ give students a chance to shine - Irish Times (Online) - 14th June, 2023 - Click here to read.
Leaving Cert French: Plenty of challenges for students targeting a top grade - Irish Independent (Online) - 14th June, 2023 - Click here to read.
Leaving Cert biology: No shocks, no surprises - but skeleton question spooks some - Irish Times (Online) - 13th June, 2023 - Click here to read.
Curveballs for Leaving cert Biology students; Some challenges for Junior cert French - Irish Examiner (Online) - 13th June, 2023 - Click here to read.
Leaving Cert biology higher level even stumps teachers with the term ‘innominate bones’ - Irish Independent (Online) - 13th June, 2023 - Click here to read.
Junior Cycle Graphics: just five questions this year, but no surprises - Irish Independent (Online) - 13th June, 2023 - Click here to read.
Junior Cycle business students asked for ideas about how to spend national budget surplus - Irish Independent (Online) - 13th June, 2023 - Click here to read.
Junior Cycle science paper was ‘not the place for a pH meter’, says teacher - Irish Independent (Online) - 12th June, 2023 - Click here to read.
Leaving Cert maths higher level Paper 2 ‘like night and day’ after complaints over Paper 1 - Irish Independent (Online) - 12th June, 2023 - Click here to read.
Maths paper 2 more popular with Leaving students but Junior Cert science under fire from teachers - Irish Examiner (Online) - 12th June, 2023 - Click here to read.
‘Students will feel a weight off their shoulders’: Reaction to today’s Leaving Cert maths paper - Irish Times (Online) - 12th June, 2023 - Click here to read.
Leaving Cert maths higher level Paper 1: ‘Tiring’, ‘challenging’, ‘unsettling’ – and that’s only the teachers’ views - Irish Independent (Online) - 9th June, 2023 - Click here to read.
Junior Cycle history: ‘Good use of sources, but students suffer from lack of choice’ - Irish Times (Online) - 9th June, 2023 - Click here to read.
Junior Cycle maths: Mixed reaction to ‘wordy’ higher level paper - Irish Times (Online) - 9th June, 2023 - Click here to read.
Test your census knowledge with 'superb' Leaving Cert geography exam; Students 'happy' with Junior cert history - Irish Examiner (Online) - 9th June, 2023 - Click here to read.
Leaving Cert geography: Students relieved after exam with lots of choice - Irish Times (Online) - 9th June, 2023 - Click here to read.
Leaving Cert: Geography receives ‘resoundingly positive’ response from students - Irish Independent (Online) - 9th June, 2023 - Click here to read.
Reaction to today’s Junior Cycle and Leaving Cert exams - Irish Times (Online) - 9th June, 2023 - Click read to read.
'Fair and approachable' English paper 2 features Irish women poets - Irish Examiner (Online) - 8th June, 2023 - Click here to read.
Leaving Cert English Paper 2: No sign of Bishop at higher level but Kavanagh returns and Meehan makes her debut - Irish Independent (Online) - 8th June, 2023 - Click here to read.
Junior Cycle Irish: Octopus question leaves some students in a tangle - Irish Times (Online) - 8th June, 2023 - Click here to read.
Junior Cycle geography: A ‘lot of peat and bogs’ but popular themes missing - Irish Independent (Online) - 8th June, 2023 - Click here to read.
Could you write as Gaeilge about an octopus? Junior Cycle Irish 'challenging' but 'fair' - Irish Examiner (Online) - 8th June, 2023 - Click here to read.
Leaving Cert: Engineering higher level paper served up a question about robotic - Irish Independent (Online) - 8th June, 2023 - Click here to read.
Reaction to today’s Junior Cycle and Leaving Cert exams - Irish Times (Online) - 8th June, 2023 - Click here to read.
Junior Cycle Irish: Plenty to smile about after a ‘mind-boggling’ higher level paper last year - Irish Independent (Online) - 8th June, 2023 - Click here to read.
Leaving Cert engineering: Topical and testing - Irish Times (Online) - 8th June, 2023 - Click here to read.
Junior Cycle Irish: Octopus question leaves some students in a tangle - Irish Times (Online) - 8th June, 2023 - Click here to read.
Leaving Cert English Paper 1 higher level: ChatGPT among topics on paper with ‘its finger on the pulse’ - Irish Independent (Online) - 7th June, 2023 - Click here to read.
Leaving Cert English Paper 1 higher level: ChatGPT among topics on paper with ‘its finger on the pulse’ - Irish Independent (Online) - 7th June, 2023 - Click here to read.
Leaving Cert English Paper 1 (ordinary) had ‘something for everyone’ - Irish Independent (Online) - 7th June, 2023 - Click here to read.
Junior Cycle English: Mixed response to ‘creative’ and ‘challenging’ paper - Irish Times (Online) - 7th June, 2023 - Click here to read.
Junior Cycle English: a bit of a “mash up” in one question - Irish Independent (Online) - 7th June, 2023 - Click here to read.
Could you pass English Paper 1? 'Lovely' variety in Leaving Cert exam; Junior Cycle test 'babyish' - Irish Examiner (Online) - 7th June, 2023 - Click here to read.
'Milestone day' for thousands as Leaving and Junior Cert exams kick off - Irish Examiner (Online) - 7th June, 2023 - Click here to read.
ASTI president Miriam Duggan dies following short illness - Irish Independent (Online) - 2nd June, 2023 - Click here to read.
Tributes paid following death of ASTI teachers’ union president - Irish Times (Online) - 2nd June, 2023 - Click here to read.
Tributes paid to 'courageous and fair' ASTI president Miriam Duggan - Irish Examiner (Online) - 2nd June, 2023 - Click here to read.
Tributes to ASTI president Miriam Duggan who has died - RTÉ News (Online) - 2nd June, 2023 - Click here to read.
May, 2023
Junior Cert students cheat by using AI at home for class assessments - Irish Independent (Online) - Click here to read - 14th May, 2023.
April, 2023
Tusla sets up support group for its workers amid alarming rise of abuse on social media - Irish Independent (Online) - 24th April, 2023 - Click here to read.
Provision of Dublin allowance for teachers and nurses would be ‘very, very challenging’, Tánaiste says - Irish Times (Online) - 17th April, 2023 - Click here to read.
Virgin Media - Ireland AM programme - Kieran Christie, ASTI General Secretary discusses Chat GPT as an education tool - 15th April, 2023 - Click here to watch.
Teachers strongly opposed to marking own pupils but lack of unity hampers ‘Dublin allowance’ - Irish Independent (Online) - 14th April, 2023 - Click here to read.
Teacher wins colleagues’ support after complaining about homophobic abuse - Irish Independent (Online) - 14th April, 2023 - Click here to read.
TG4 - Nuacht - Interviews with Órlagh Nic Eóin and Ciarán Kavanagh both from ASTI Dublin North East Branch who discussed the attractiveness of teaching, Conall Ó Dufaigh, ASTI Bray Branch on the housing crisis, and Anne Loughnane, ASTI Carbery Branch and Standing Committee Representative for Region 6 gave an interview on Curriculum policy on Junior Cycle Irish - 13th April, 2023 - Click here to watch - (Scroll to 11:46)
Do teachers support a ‘Dublin allowance’ for colleagues facing higher costs? - Irish Times (Online) - 13th April, 2023 - Click here to read.
‘If you suffer a miscarriage, you shouldn’t have to pretend you have flu to get time off work’ – teachers seeking special leave - Irish Independent (Online) - 13th April, 2023 - Click here to read.
Highland Radio - Nine Til Noon Show - Patrick Curley, ASTI Standing Committee Regional Representative for Region 1 discusses Convention key issues - 13th April, 2023 - Click here to listen. (Scroll to 31:40)
Pay increases key to addressing teacher supply crisis, says union head - Irish Times (Online) - 12th April, 2023 - Click here to read.
Pay rise for teachers, an end to ‘unpaid work’ and equal pensions to dominate wage talks - Irish Independent (Online) - 12th April, 2023 - Click here to read.
Students are posting graphic sexual images of teachers in growing issue of online abuse - Irish Independent (Online) - 12th April, 2023 - Click here to read.
Education Minister Norma Foley to push for return of promotions to increase teacher pay - Irish Independent (Online) - 12th April, 2023 - Click here to read.
Jennifer Horgan: Teacher shortage is a real issue — but teachers assessing their own students is not - Irish Examiner (Online) - 12th April, 2023 - Click here to read.
Secondary school teachers say there is no rationale for moving English and Irish exams - Irish Times (Online) - 11th April, 2023 - Click here to read.
Foley pledges to begin restoring thousands of senior school posts to ease teacher burnout - Irish Times (Online) - 11th April, 2023 - Click here to read.
Minister says she will listen to all voices as ASTI unanimously rejects moving exam papers - Irish Examiner (Online) - 11th April, 2023 - Click here to read.
RTÉ Radio 1, Morning Ireland programme - Miriam Duggan, ASTI President discusses the key issues facing second-level teachers - 11th April, 2023 - Click here to listen.
Newstalk Breakfast programme, Kieran Christie, ASTI President discusses key issues for debate at ASTI Convention - 11th April, 2023 - Click here to listen.
LMFM - The Michael Reade Programme - Diarmaid de Paor, ASTI Deputy General Secretary discusses key issues for debate at this year's ASTI Annual Conference - Click here to listen. (Scroll to 01:04)
‘I don’t see any sign of things getting better’: Soaring rents and living costs take toll on teachers - Irish Times (Online) - 11th April, 2023 - Click here to read.
‘It is an anxious, frustrating time’: Schools struggle to find qualified teachers for vacant posts - Irish Times (Online) - 11th April, 2023 - Click here to read.
Teachers’ union to seek pay increases to tackle soaring inflation - Irish Times (Online) - 10th April, 2023 - Click here to read.
Vacant posts a major concern as teachers prepare for union conferences - Irish Examiner (Online) - 11th April, 2023 - Click here to read.
Newstalk, Lunchtime Live programme - Adrieanne Healy, ASTI Standing Committee Region 15 and Seamus Keane, ASTI Standing Committee, Region 17 joined the programme to discuss why teaching is no longer viewed as an attractive career option – 5th April, 2023 - Click here to listen.
LMFM - The Michaeal Reade Show - Diarmaid de Paor discusses key findigs in the ASTI / RED C Survey on Recruitment, Retention and Supply of Teachers and School Leaders - 5th April, 2023 - Click here to listen.
Unfilled teaching posts in almost half of second-level schools, survey finds - Irish Times (Online) - 5th April, 2023 - Click here to read.
Secondary teachers want pay rise to match inflation in talks on new wage deal - Irish Independent (Online) - 5th April, 2023 - Click here to read.
Nearly half of secondary schools cannot fill teaching roles, says union - Irish Examiner (Online) - 5th April, 2023 - Click here to read.
RTÉ Drive Time programme - Kieran Christie, ASTI General Secretary discusses Teacher shortages and the ASTI / RED C Survey on Recruitment, Retention and Supply of Teachers and School Leaders - 4th April, 2023 - Click here to listen.
RTÉ Nuacht - Moira Leydon, ASTI Education & Research Officer discusses Teacher shortages and the ASTI / RED C Survey on Recruitment, Retention and Supply of Teachers and School Leaders - 4th April, 2023 - Click here to watch. (Scroll to 03:32)
RTÉ Website - Teaching shortage see vacancies in nearly half of all secondary schools - ASTI - 4th April, 2023 - Click here to read.
Housing crisis major factor in teacher shortages as schools forced to recruit unqualified staff - Irish Independent (Online) - 4th April, 2023 - Click here to read.
Unfilled teaching posts in almost half of second-level schools, survey finds - Irish Times (Online) - 4th April, 2023 - Click here to read.
Virgin Media 12.30 pm News - Kieran Christie, ASTI General Secretary discusses ASTI / RED C Survey on Recruitment, Retention and Supply of Teachers and School Leaders - 4th April, 2023 - Click here to watch (Scroll to 14:54)
March, 2023
More than 500 teachers and SNAs took leave after physical assaults in schools - Irish Examiner - 23rd March, 2023 - Click here to read.
Classic Hits - The Niall Boylan Show - Moira Leydon, ASTI Education & Research Officer discusses the proposed SPHE curriculum - 10th March, 2023. - Click here to listen.
Galway Bay FM, Galway Talks with Keith Finnegan - Kieran Christie, ASTI General Secretary discusses ASTI Protest to highlight a situation whereby a member of the Teaching Council is unable to attend Council meetings - 6th March, 2023 - Click here to listen.
Norma Foley defends decision to ‘defer’ fifth year Leaving Cert exams - Irish Times (Online) - 1st March, 2023 - Click here to read.
Shelving of interim Leaving Cert change casts doubt on more contentious reforms - Irish Examiner (Online) - 1st March, 2023 - Click here to read.
February, 2023
RTÉ Drivetime Programme - Kieran Christie, ASTI General Secretary and Pauline O'Reilly, Dr Green party Senator and Education spokesperson discuss Leaving Cert reform - 28th February, 2023 - Click here to listen.
Newstalk Breakfast Programme - Miriam Duggan, ASTI President welcomes the deferral of the plan to have fifth years sit paper 1 of the Irish and English Leaving Cert exams and welcomes further engagement - 28th February, 2023 - Click here to listen back - Scroll to 01:38:49.
Foley defers plan for fifth years to sit two Leaving Cert papers - Irish Independent (Online) - 28th February, 2023 - Click here to read.
RTÉ – Upfront with Katie Hannon programme - Sinéad Moore, teacher at St. Joseph’s Secondary School, Co. Dublin participated in discussion on the changes to the new Junior Cycle RSE programme in schools - 21st February, 2023 - Click here to watch.
Can Norma Foley pass the first test of Leaving Certificate reform? - Irish Times (Online) - 20th February, 2023 - Click here to read.
Virgin Media - Ireland AM programme - Kieran Christie, ASTI General Secretary joins programme along with Arthur Godsil, Education Consultant to discuss teacher shortages and teachers taking career breaks - 8th February, 2023 - Click here to listen.
Newstalk, Lunchtime Live programme - Kieran Christie, ASTI General Secretary joins programme to discuss teacher shortages and also the numbers of teachers on career breaks - 7th February, 2023 - Click here to listen.
Galway Bay FM - Galway Talks with Keith Finnegan - Geraldine O'Brien, ASTI Vice President discusses concerns over plans for English and Irish paper 1 - 2nd February, 2023 - Click here to listen.
Highland Radio - Nine till Noon show - Kieran Christie, ASTI General Secretary discusses concerns over plans for English and Irish paper 1 - 2nd February, 2023 - Click here to listen.
Teachers express ‘serious concerns’ over certain Leaving Cert exam papers being moved to end of fifth year - Irish Independent (Online) - 1st February, 2023 - Click here to listen.
Today FM, The Last Word Show - Miriam Duggan, ASTI President discusses concerns over plans for English and Irish paper 1 - 1st February, 2023 - Click here to listen back (Scroll to 03:43).
January, 2023
Concern among teacher unions over handling of Enoch Burke’s dismissal - Irish Times (Online) - 23rd January, 2023 - Click here to read.
Galway Bay FM - Galway Talks Programme - Geraldine O'Brien, ASTI Vice President is interviewed about the numbers of Ukrainian students in schools - 6th January, 2023 - Click here to listen. (Scroll to 25:54)