10,000 children are currently out of school due to being close contacts.

A lack of time to secure accommodation and the grade inflation in the CAO system has led to many students suffering severe stress.

Remote learning will still feature this semester with students taking part in a mix of in-person and online classes.

The new unit has been widely welcomed by parents and staff.

Athlone and Limerick Institutes of Technology will become the third technological university in the country.

The scholarship programme was established to support and encourage third level education in Roscommon.

Ministers will be briefed today on the plan for the full return of students to college campuses in the autumn

Longford Women's Link currently has a number of women involved in programmes from masters degrees to Level 5 and 6 qulaifications