Fórsa has formally sought a start to contract review discussions for special needs assistants (SNAs).

Unions will be monitoring safety and other issues in schools and colleges into the winter as staff experience their first normal new academic year since 2019.

Fórsa is reminding special needs assistants (SNAs) of its earlier advice to members regarding the ‘72-hours obligation. 

Union representation on a working group has helped ensure that children in state care are included in a new education access action plan launched by Minster Simon Harris yesterday (Thursday).

The Irish National Teachers’ Organisation (INTO) has published a guide for parents whose children are starting primary school for the first time.

Workers on lower incomes face a higher rate of inflation than the average according to a recent report from the Central Statistics Office (CSO). 

Fórsa is asking its branches and members to sign up for a solidarity event, which takes place in the union’s Dublin office on Friday 18th and Saturday 19th November.