Press Releases

'47 hour week and huge extracurricular involvement' - new teacher study

(12 Apr 2009)
 Preliminary findings from a major study conducted by market research company, Behaviour & Attitudes, on behalf of the Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) show that teachers work an average of 47 hours a week during term time.


TUI calculates that student drop-out will cost State billions

(10 Apr 2009)
 New research by the Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) today shows the shocking cost to the State of each student who does not complete second level education.


Absence of school books will devastate schools in September – TUI

(09 Apr 2009)
 The Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) today warned that classroom activities will be severely hampered in disadvantaged communities next September due to a shortage of school books among students.


Initial TUI reaction to Budget

(07 Apr 2009)
 Initial TUI reaction to this afternoon's Budget.


Embargo will result in school administration chaos - TUI

(30 Mar 2009)
 The Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) has predicted that the embargo on the appointment of teachers to Special Duties and Assistant Principal Posts will make school administration close to impossible.


TUI Executive Committee decides to defer strike action

(25 Mar 2009)
 TUI’s Executive Committee has decided to defer strike action scheduled for Monday, March 30th. The decision follows the Government’s invitation to ICTU to re-engage in talks on an economic recovery plan. TUI represents 14,500 teachers and lecturers at second and third level.


TUI Appalled at Further Curtailment of Higher Education

(16 Mar 2009)
 TUI today expressed its opposition to the proposals in respect of so called rationalisation of Higher Education as reported in today’s Irish Independent.


Union to support ICTU’s one day work stoppage

(13 Mar 2009)
 The Executive Committee of the Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) decided at its meeting today (Friday) to support the ICTU’s one day work stoppage on 30th March in accordance with the ovewhelming mandate given to it by members.


‘School paper-pushing exercises detract from teaching’ – TUI

(10 Mar 2009)
 The Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) today warned that time intensive bureaucratic requirements related to such non-teaching duties as Whole School Evaluations or School Development Planning may have to be re-examined in the coming months.


60,000 teachers vote for industrial action

(07 Mar 2009)
 The members of the teacher unions, the ASTI, INTO and TUI, have voted to take industrial action, up to and including strike action, over the government’s handling of the economic crisis.


TUI welcomes ESRI position on retaining teachers

(05 Mar 2009)
 The Teachers Union of Ireland (TUI) today welcomed comments from the ESRI’s Research Professor John Fitzgerald that it is extremely inadvisable to fire teachers when they will clearly be needed again in the future when the economy begins to recover.


Exemption of semi-State workers from pay levy 'discriminatory and divisive'

(26 Feb 2009)
 The Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) today described the exemption of workers in commercial semi-State bodies along with those in the private sector from bearing the imposed levy as being ‘discriminatory and divisive’.


TUI Urges Members to vote ‘Yes’ to Industrial Action

(23 Feb 2009)
 Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) members will this week vote on whether they are willing to take industrial action, including strike action of up to two days.


'Levy means teachers make 25% pension contribution'– TUI

(19 Feb 2009)
 The Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) today highlighted that with the new so-called pension levy, teachers would effectively be paying up to 27% of salary in pension contributions.


'Ludicrous that developers and banking executives not made accountable' - TUI

(18 Feb 2009)
 Initial TUI reaction to publication of Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2009



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