Media Coverage
Recent National Media Coverage
TUI criticises further attack on LCA - Irish Times 2/3/10
Union position also covered in Irish Mirror
Union action could close some schools - Irish Times 24/2/10
TUI position also reported in Irish Examiner and Irish Daily Mail
TUI General Secretary Peter MacMenamin outlines effects of moratorium on appointments to middle management posts in schools - Today with Pat Kenny, Radio 1, 23/2/10
Also interviewed on Newstalk
Teachers told to stop retirement cover - irishtimes.com 23/2/10
Unions block cover for retried teachers - RTE
Teachers learn a tough lesson - Sunday Business Post 14/2/10
Profile of Ballyfermot College of Further Education, including TUI research on numbers applying for PLC courses - Morning Ireland, Radio 1, 11/2/10
Oscar nominations: TUI highlights role PLC colleges can play - Irish Times 9/2/10
Unions meet to review campaign - covered in Irish Times, Irish Examiner and Irish Independent 26/1/10
Promotions ban hurting vulnerable students, says union - Irish Times 20/1/10
Statement also covered in Irish Independent and Irish Examiner.
TUI advises teachers on time lost due to snow days - Peter MacMenamin on Morning Ireland, RTE Radio 1
Teachers should not make up lost hours outside class - Sunday Tribune 17/1/10
Schools may face further disruption in new year - Irish Times 21/12/09
Teachers likely to stall Junior Cert reform - Irish Times 18/12/09
Trade unions plan various forms of action over pay cuts - Irish Times 12/12/09
Teachers plan work-to-rule over cutbacks - Irish Independent 12/12/09
Threat of teachers' strike over budget - RTE Six One News
Discussions on school reform are over, unions tell O' Keeffe - Irish Independent 11/12/09
Union general secretary featured on RTE Radio 1's Drivetime and Newstalk's Right Hook programmes 10/12/09
TUI budget reaction covered in Irish Examiner, Irish Times, Irish Independent, Star and Irish Mirror. Peter MacMenamin also appeared on RTE's 9 o' clock television news
Reforms are off the table, says union - Irish Examiner 9/12/09
Audit finds schools are using restrictive admissions policies - Irish Times 8/12/09
Fee paying schools less likely to cater for special needs - Irish Times 8/12/09
Industrial action now inevitable, union warns - Irish Times 5/12/09
Teacher unions say state lacked courage - Irish Examiner 5/12/09
Threats of more strikes as 'partnership is dead' - Irish Independent 5/12/09
Peter MacMenamin interviewed on current discussions on RTE television's One News and on TV3's 5.30 bulletin 2/12/09
TUI General Secretary Peter MacMenamin on Radio 1's Morning Ireland speaking on decision to defer strike and current talks with Government 2/12/09
Concern over possible cap on third level student numbers - Irish Times 1/12/09
Union President Don Ryan also outlined union's concerns on 4FM's Lunchtime on 4 programme
Picketing TUI members were interviewed on Radio 1's Morning Ireland on 24/11/09. TUI members also featured on RTE 1's 6 and 9 o' clock news bulletins, along with an interview with TUI General Secretary Peter MacMenamin. TV3 interviewed TUI Assistant General Secretary John O' Reilly.
TUI picketers and comment also featured in Irish Examiner, Irish Times and Irish Independent on 25/11/09.
Teachers vote by huge majority to join public sector strike - Irish Times (14/11/09)
Parents face chaos in school closure - Irish Examiner (14/11/09)
800,000 pupils face discuption if teachers walk out - Irish Independent (14/11/09)
TUI General Secretary Peter MacMenamin appeared on RTE 1's 6 o' clock and 9 o' clock news bulletins and on RTE Radio 1's Drivetime and Today FM's Last Word programmes. Union president Don Ryan spoke on Tom McGurk's programme on 4FM.
Statement on importance of appropriate funding at third level covered by Newstalk and Irish Star (12/11/09)
RTE Radio 1's This Week programme (8/11/09)
Reporter Jonathon Clynch talks to teachers before and during ICTU protest.
This is a class war, workers unite to tell the government - Irish Independent (7/11/09)
Ahead of protest, TUI General Secretary discusses hardship being experienced by part-time teachers on 4FM's lunchtime show (6/11/09)
TUI General Secretary Peter MacMenamin speaks to RTE Radio 1's Drivetime programme about the union's policy on changes to the Junior Certificate programme. Click here to download programme (2/11/09)
The union's policy was also covered in the Irish Examiner and Irish Mirror and TUI representatives were interviewed on Q102 and 4FM.
Teacher union chief warns against proposal to end Junior Cert - BreakingNews.ie
TUI General Secretary Peter MacMenamin interviewed about partnership talks on RTE Radio 1's News at One (21/10/09)
Education=Health
TUI President Don Ryan argues that policymakers unimpressed by the educational and social arguments against cutbacks to education cannot ignore the compelling correlation between education and living longer - Irish Times Health supplement (20/10/09)
Aptitude tests for entry to university criticised - Irish Independent (19/10/09)
Test for entry to medicine degree is barrier for poor - Irish Examiner (19/10/09)
Student numbers to rise by 30% over 20 years - Irish Times (17/10/09)
Rate of school 'drop out to soar if funds denied' - Irish Examiner (17/10/09)
Schools face drop-out crisis threat - Irish Independent (17/10/09)
TUI warns against education cuts - RTE
TUI: Investment vital to cope with rising student numbers - breakingnews.ie
Conference was also featured in Sunday Times, Sunday Tribune and RTE, Today FM, Newstalk and all major regional radio news bulletins.
Teachers welcome education measures - Irish Times (12/10/09)
Teacher unions call for full reveral of cutbacks - Sunday Business Post (11/10/09)
Further cuts likely to trigger industrial action by TUI - Irish Examiner (10/10/09)
Teachers to vote on action against cuts - Irish Independent (10/10/09)
Three teacher unions to hold ballot for strikes - Irish Times (10/10/09)
Minister to pay for classroom laptops with building funds - Irish Independent (9/10/09)
TUI President Don Ryan speaks of his 'astonishment' at the Department of Education and Science's captial budget surplus on RTE Radio 1's Drivetime (8/10/09) Click here to listen
CSO lowers public versus private pay gap - Irish Examiner (2/10/09)
TUI Assistant General Secretary John MacGabhann spoke on RTE Radio 1's Drivetime programme about current TUI directives (29/9/09) Click here to listen
Teachers angry over department workload figures - Irish Times (29/9/09)
O Keeffe: I got my sums wrong on teaching cuts - Irish Independent (19/9/09)
Irish spend on education lowest in EU - Irish Independent (9/9/09)
Junior Cert students urged to stay in education - Irish Examiner (9/9/09)
Education spending worse than suggested - Irish Examiner (9/9/09)
Irish classes among largest in Europe - Irish Times (9/9/09)
Nearly 30,000 do not get place on Post-Leaving Cert courses - Irish Times (3/9/09)
School-leavers, jobless lead scrambe for courses - Irish Independent (3/9/09)
Two thirds disappointed after cap on PLC courses - Irish Examiner (3/9/09)
TUI President Don Ryan appeared on RTE's television news in relation to PLC numbers.
Cuts widen the gap between rich and poor - Irish Independent (2/9/09)
Opinion editorial by TUI General Secretary Peter MacMenamin
Anger at cut in language teachers - Irish Independent (1/9/09)
TUI representatives featured on RTE radio news, the Pat Kenny Show, the Last Word, Today FM, Newstalk, 4fm, RTE and TV3 TV and regional news bulletins clarifying the union's class size directive to members. This long standing directive is crucial in maintaining educational quality and is also vital in ensuring health and safety in the classroom. (28/8/09)
Students set to suffer due to cutbacks - Irish Examiner (27/8/09)
School principals face difficulties due to cutbacks - Irish Times (27/8/09)
School book bills continue to put extreme pressure on families - Irish Examiner (27/8/09)
Students facing loss of key subjects - Irish Independent (27/8/09)
The TUI/PDA position also featured in the Daily Star, Daily Mail and on RTE, Today FM, Newstalk and various regional news broadcasts.
Costly return to schoolrooms - Irish Independent (26/8/09)
O' Keeffe rounds on teachers in book grant row - Irish Independent (26/8/09)
Teachers urged to help cut cost of school textbooks - Irish Times (25/8/09)
Colleges facing chaos as axe hangs over 750 posts - Irish Independent (21/8/09)
TUI General Secretary Peter MacMenamin on RTE News re: possibility of return of college fees (20/8/09)
Almost 47,000 applicants ordered a college place - Irish Examiner (17/8/09)
Science steps out of the shadows - Irish Times CAO supplement (17/8/09)
End of 'grade inflation' as fewer students get top marks - Irish Independent (12/8/09)
Students urged into technology - Irish Times Leaving cert supplement (12/8/09)
Sharp rise in teachers applying for retirement - Irish Times (12/8/09)
Department manages to make a bad siutation look even worse - Irish Times (8/8/09)
TUI accused of being 'alarmist' over teacher losses - Irish Times (8/8/09)
War of words deepens over new loss of teaching posts - Irish Examiner (8/8/09)
O' Keeffe angry at teacher cut claims by TUI - Irish Independent (8/8/09)
Thousands of teachers face axe as cuts bite - Irish Independent (7/8/09)
Over 3,500 teachers to lose posts, claims TUI - Irish Times (7/8/09)
Teachers say O' Keeffe's predictions on effects of cutbacks unrealistic - Irish Examiner (7/8/09)
Schoolyard battle brews as first day of term looms - Irish Independent (7/8/09)
TUI General Secretary Peter MacMenamin on RTE Radio 1's Morning Ireland on the Comptroller and Auditor General's report on Institute of Technology lecturing hours.
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Proposed cuts criticised by TUI - Irish Times (22/7/09)
Statement also covered in Irish Examiner, Irish Mirror and Evening Echo.
Plan for new DIT site in Tallaght shot down by TUI - Irish Independent (18/7/09)
Teachers, Lowry condemn proposals for Institutes - Irish Times (18/7/09)
Schools should not be shut down just to save money - Irish Examiner (18/7/09)
Unions say cuts are a 'social timebomb' - Irish Times (17/7/08)
Outcry as teacher unions threaten to strike over 'unacceptable' proposals - Irish Independent (17/7/09)
ICTU: 15% wage cut call 'nonsense' - Irish Examiner (10/7/09)
Children are being made 'scapegoats of economic downturn' - Irish Independent (10/7/09)
'Nonsense' to link wage cuts with national competitiveness - Irish Times (10/7/09)
Cut to stay in school programme - RTE Six One News (24/6/09)
Alternative Leaving Cert hit by cutbacks - Irish Independent (25/6/09)
Study: Poor rate of training for secondary teachers - Irish Examiner (17/6/09)
Irish pupils bottom of the class for school punctuality - Irish Independent (17/6/09)
Drugs and alcohol causing problems at school, says report - Irish Times (17/6/09)
Union Post Magazine May 2009 - featuring article (p.22) written by TUI General Secretary Peter MacMenamin on stimulating economic recovery through education.
TUI received extensive coverage across all national media during Congress week. Full details are available on request from TUI head office.
TUI wants boost for apprenticeship system - Irish Times (14/4/09)
Disastrous slump in apprenticeships is forecast - Irish Independent (14/4/09)
TUI also featured on RTE's Six One News and various national radio news bulletins throughout the day.
Cutbacks 'will lead to classroom chaos' - Irish Independent (13/4/09)
Teachers 'work 47-hour week' - Irish Times (13/4/09)
Worrying trend in school absenteeism shown in report - Irish Times (13/4/09)
Teachers spend 25 hours on extra activities - Irish Examiner (13/4/09)
TUI General Secretary Peter MacMenamin previewed the conference's main issues on RTE's Six One News.
TUI President Don Ryan spoke about the effects the education cutbacks will have on RTE Radio 1's News at One programme.
TUI railing against cutbacks - Sunday Business Post (12/4/09)
Teachers will be forced to teach without books - Sunday Business Post (12/4/09)
School drop-out rate costs €100m per year, says TUI - Irish Times (11/4/09)
Early school leavers cost €4b - Irish Examiner (11/4/09)
Parents face €250 bill with axing of book grant - Irish Independnet (11/4/09)
Peter MacMenamin appeared on RTE Radio 1's Drivetime (10/4/09) discussing the huge economic cost of student drop-out
Teacher redundancies make no sense - TUI - RTE News (6/4/09)
Third level fees decision to come after Budget - Irish Examiner (4/4/09)
TUI General Secretary Peter MacMenamin outlines reasons behind withdrawal of some activities by TUI members (RTE Radio 1 News at One 30/3/09)
Teachers begin work-to-rule action in levy protest - Irish Examiner (21/3/09)
Teacher unions to boycott meetings in levy protest - Irish Times (21/3/09)
Teacher unions in work to rule protests - Irish Independent (21/3/09)
Teachers to join one-day work stoppage - Irish Times (14/3/09)
Unions to meet on possible strike action - Irish Independent (9/3/09)
Teacher unions claim talks can avert strikes - Irish Examiner (9/3/09)
60,000 teachers vote for industiral action
Teachers vote for industrial action - Irish Times (7/3/09)
Teachers vote in favour of work stoppage - Irish Independent (7/3/09)
Industrial action likely as teachers show anger - Irish Examiner (7/3/09)
Unions reject O' Keeffe's job loss numbers - Irish Examiner (26/2/09)
O' Keeffe says education job losses to be less than 400 - Irish Examiner (24/2/09)
Restart talks or face strikes, Government told - Irish Independent (23/2/09)
Levy means teachers make 25% levy contribution- TUI (19/2/09)
ICTU set to discuss ballot on strikes - Irish Times (19/2/09)
'Teachers will pay 27% of salary to pension - TUI' - IrishTimes.com (19/2/09)
Teachers' unions in levy talks - Irish Times (17/2/09)
Teacher unions warn of industrial action - Irish Examiner (17/2/09)
Teachers unions meet over opposition to levy - Irish Times (16/2/09)
Teaching unions meet to discuss response to pay levy - Breakingnews.ie (16/2/09)
TUI to ballot members for industrial action (13/2/09)
Furious teachers to vote on industrial action - Irish Independent (14/2/09)
Teachers' unions to ballot for industrial action over levy - Irish Times (13/2/09)
President Don Ryan was also interviewed on INN news bulletins on this issue
Pension levy: 50,000 teachers to decide on plan of action next week - Irish Times (11/2/09)
TUI pull out of school checks - Irish Examiner (9/2/09)
Non-teaching/lecturing duties must now be scrapped - TUI (6/2/09)
TUI to withdraw co-operation and CPSU considers action - Irish Times (7/2/09)
Pension row teachers plan work-to-rule as anger builds - Irish Independent (7/2/09)
Union tells teachers to focus 'on core activities' - Irish Examiner (7/2/09)
Peter MacMenamin was also interviewed on various radio news bulletins and on Newstalk 106's Saturday Edition news review show.
TUI Meets to discuss response to pension levy - Irish Independent (6/2/09)
TUI Press Conference on education kick-starting economic recovery (5/2/09)
Teachers vent fury as FAS gets all 51,000 training slots - Irish Independent (6/2/09)
Teacher union dismay as training places go to FAS - Irish Examiner (6/2/09)
Teacher union critical of leading FAS role in education - Irish Times (6/2/09)
TUI President Don Ryan was interviewed on RTE's Drivetime
TUI General Secretary Peter MacMenamin was interviewed on Today FM's The Last Word and INN, Today FM and 98FM news bulletins
Angry teachers threaten action - Irish Times (5/2/09)
Schools face drastic cuts - Sunday Business Post (25/1/09)
Transition year grants withdrawal will create ‘ghettoised’ schooling, say teachers - Sunday Business Post (25/1/09)
Lack of funds blamed for axing school leavers survey - Irish Examiner (22/1/09)
TUI President Don Ryan was also interviewed on this subject for RTE Radio 1's Drivetime (22/1/09)
State aid to stay for fee-paying schools - Irish Times (20/1/09)
Fee paying schools got €100m subsidy from State last year - Irish Times (20/1/09)
Teachers brands pay and pension cuts 'unacceptable' - Irish Independent (20/1/09)
Teacher unions to oppose cuts in salaries - Irish Times (15/1/09)
TUI responds to Minister's comments regarding school information (7/1/09)
Minister accused of u-turn on exam league tables - Irish Independent (8/1/09)
Minister wants schools to give parents more information - Irish Examiner (8/1/09)
2008
Anger on streets during biggest public rally since Iraq war - Irish Independent 8/12/08
Parents show solidarity in face of budget cuts - Irish Times 8/12/08
Over 40,000 express Furey over education cuts - Sunday Tribune 7/12/08
Streets fill with anger at education cutbacks - Sunday Independent 7/12/08
TUI responds to substitution announcement (4/12/08)
TUI General Secretary Peter MacMenamin interview on on RTE Six One and Nine News 4/12/08
Substitution deal ends threat of disruption in secondary schools - Irish Times 5/12/08
O' Keeffe in partial climbdown over substitute teachers' pay - Irish Independent 5/12/08
Teachers' union welcomes O' Keeffe budget u-turn - Irish Examiner 5/12/08
RTE Questions and Answers discussion on cutbacks featuring TUI President Don Ryan and Assistant General Secretary Declan Glynn - 1/12/08
Minister attempts to defend the indefensible (20/11/08)
O' Keeffe claim on teachers' sick leave angers unions - Irish Times 21/11/08
O' Keeffe accuses teachers of 'scaremongering' tactics - Irish Independent 21/11/08
Cutback revelation to throw Further Education sector into chaos (12/11/08)
Post Leaving-Cert courses hit - Irish Independent 13/11/08
Pupil-teacher ratio to rise in post-Leaving courses - Irish Times 13/11/08
Teachers' union furious at hidden education cut - Irish Examiner 13/11/08
TUI claims additional education cutbacks - RTE
TUI asks Minister to reverse most savage cuts (11/11/08)
Education campaign to intensify, says TUI - Irish Times 12/11/08
Concerned third level coalition unite against cuts (9/11/08)
Cuts target those 'who can least afford them' - Irish Independent 10/11/08
Vicious cuts in education must be reversed
Irish Times opinion editorial (5/11/08) by TUI President Don Ryan
Speech from Don Ryan at Dáil Protest against Education Cuts (29/10/08)
Managers warn of major disruption in schools next year - Irish Times 30/10/08
Class action on cuts - Irish Examiner 30/10/08
O' Keeffe's scare claim enrages teachers - Irish Independent 30/10/08
Education Cuts to cost Families thousands (28/10/08)
Education cuts mean 'average family must find €2,000' - Irish Independent 29/10/08
Student Drop-Out Numbers to Soar (27/10/08)
Cuts imply loss of 1,000 teachers, says INTO - Irish Times 28/10/08
Teachers and Parents United Against Cuts (23/10/08)
Schools blast education cuts as 'immoral and offensive' - Irish Independent 24/10/08
Cutbacks immoral, say primary school managers - Irish Examiner 24/10/08
Taxpayers Continue to Subsidise Fee Paying Schools (22/10/08)
Funding for fee paying schools can be cut, says TUI chief - Irish Independent 23/10/08
Union: End private school subsidies to avoid staff cuts - Irish Examiner 23/10/08
Schools may close from January due to substitute cuts - Irish Times 23/10/08
Teachers dismiss O' Keeffe's appeal on class size - Irish Independent 23/10/08
Logistical Nightmare ahead for School Management(21 Oct 2008)
Schools enlist help of parents to counter cuts - Irish Independent 22/10/08
Pressure mounts for education cuts U-turn - Irish Examiner 22/10/08
Targeting the little ones - Irish Times editorial 21/10/08
"The Teachers' Union of Ireland has accused the education minister of 'asset-stripping' the education service."
TUI Case Studies Show How Cuts Will Devastate Schools (19 Oct 2008)
TUI Warns budget cuts will 'asset-strip' education - Irish Times 20/10/08
More than 1,200 school jobs will go, says union - Irish Independent 20/10/08
Teacher unions and parent groups to fight budget cuts - Irish Examiner 20/10/08
Teacher Union Challenges Govt Over Budget - RTE Six One News
TUI Vows To Fight Second Level Staff Cuts (16 Oct 2008)
O' Keeffe Accused of targeting the most vulnerable - Irish Times 17/10/08
Grant cutbacks: Shame on you minister, say principals - Irish Examiner 17/10/08
TUI Demands Continuation of Early Retirement Scheme (15 Oct 2008)
Teaching cuts 'will result in pupils being sent home' - Irish Independent 16/10/08
Initial TUI Reaction to Budget (14 Oct 2008)
Student registration fee will increase to €1,500 from next September - Irish Times 15/10/08
Class Sizes U-Turn Slammed - Irish Examiner 15/10/08
Budget Must Prioritise Education(13 Oct 2008)
TUI Urge School Levy On Multinationals - Irish Independent 14/10/08
60,000 March Against Education Cuts
60,000 pupils, parents and teachers marched in Dublin City on Satuday Demember 6th in the Schools United national protest against the education cutbacks. TUI thanks all members of the school community who protested against the most savage cutbacks in recent memory.
TUI President Don Ryan's address 6/12/08
TUI General Secretary Peter MacMenamin's address 6/12/08
TUI Summary of Main Budget Cutbacks
Letter to Branches re: Dáil Protest against Education Cuts, Wednesday 29/10/08
Letter to Branches re: Education Cuts, 21/10/08
TUI is encouraging all members to lobby their local TDs, emphasising the devastating effect the cutbacks will have on schools and colleges in their community.
E-mail addresses of Dáil members