Further Education and Training Sector

Carlow College Staff Welcome Oireachtas Committee Support as Calls Grow for Review of Closure Decision

Hearing exposes significant unanswered questions about decision. Committee members heard evidence from staff. Staff reps confirm campaign will continue advocating over the coming months to ensure issues raised before Oireachtas Committee remain firmly on the national agenda over the summer.

Slashing Apprenticeship Funding is a Political Choice. Reverse the Cuts.

Cllr Shaun Harkin: The Stormont Executive has failed to agree a budget but the buck stops with the Sinn Féin Economy Minister. Imposing austerity and pulling the ladder out from under workers is always a political choice.

Protest to Keep Carlow College

"Ultimately, the Government has the authority to shape the future of the institution. We need to show them how much Carlow College means to the community so I hope people will rally on Sunday."

Closure of Carlow College “A Devastating Blow” Says Cllr. Adrienne Wallace

Cllr Wallace: “This is also a worker’s rights issue as staff were told they would have to take redundancy. At the very least they should each have a choice to opt-in for either redeployment or redundancy... [they] have been left blind-sided."

Galway & Roscommon ETB Teachers Protest, Denman Rooke Says 'Follow Their Lead'

Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) held a lunchtime protest over cuts to the (ESOL) and adult literacy programmes in their Education and Training Board (GRETB). Rooke: "Principled workers... organised in their unions... standing up for services in the community... It's the best answer to austerity."