This week we take a look at a collection of Irish primary and secondary school books. If you went to school in the 1970s or 1980s you’ll recognise some of these retre books from your school days.

Based on the Atlas of the Irish Revolution from UCC, these downloadable workbooks, lesson plans, overviews and document packs make historical research accessible to secondary school students from ...

EXCLUSIVE: In an interview with The Irish Mirror, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said the Government would be in favour of extending free school books to secondary school pupils but that it might not be ...

Younger Irish readers opt for more difficult books but hit a “slump” when it comes to more challenging reads once they reach secondary school, a new study suggests.

As cost-of-living pressures continue to pile up, the Irish government has an ambitious new strategy to ease the pains for parents of young learners: subsidise the cost of school books. #EuropeNews ...

History should remain as an optional subject in Irish secondary schools, a report has suggested. An advisory body, the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment, has recommended the subject's ...

WHILE the kids still have a month left on their school holidays, for many parents the worry about the new term has already begun. A Barnardos report this week found two-thirds of secondary school p… ...

A new history textbook for schools has come under fire for getting its facts wrong. Published earlier this year, Making History by renowned Irish historian Dermot Lucey is aimed at pupils aged 12 ...

One of the strengths of the book is that each chapter offers anecdotes about Irish American history. In Chapter 1, an Irishman sends a letter to his brother who had emigrated to Pennsylvania in 1773.

New competition for school history buffs Secondary school students with an interest in history may like to enter the all-Ireland project/essay competition organised by… Tue Dec 12 2000 - 00:00 ...