A young County Roscommon student has been named a runner-up in national finals of the ActionTalks Speech Writing competition. Aine Gilhooly is currently in…
CAOIMHE Spain, a student at Colaiste Naomh Cormac Kilcormac, has been chosen as runner up in the ActionTalks final this year, which is national speech writing c.
Itâs a dark, miserable night. Youâve been teaching all day, you came home to mark your studentsâ work, help your own children with their homework, cook dinner, tidy up and get ready for the next day. And now thereâs a union meeting over an hourâs drive away where youâd be discussing standing orders and arguing about all the problems at work? Itâs understandable that many teachers will take a hard pass.
Since the Covid crisis began last year, however, those in-person meetings have all moved online â and all three unions say attendance and engagement is up significantly, with some branches have reported a fivefold increase in the numbers showing up.