Walking the Dog in a Hi-Viz Talking About Education

On today's podcast, Oct 12 2026, I'll be talking about: - Upcoming education strike and government-union negotiations - Financial implications of the strike - Views on non-union members and crossing pickets - Special education challenges and resource allocation

On today's podcast, Oct 09 2026, I'll be talking about: - Strike action and its implications for school staff - The Labour Party's stance on the strike - 'Rebels Unplugged' initiative in Fermoy against smartphones - Reflections on confirmation and smartphone purchases

On today's podcast, Oct 08 2026, I'll be talking about: - Union reactions to the budget - Concerns over class sizes - Government's special education plans - Increase in special education support needs - INTO strike FAQs

On today's podcast, Oct 07 2026, I'll be talking about: - Increase in capitation grant - Pupil-teacher ratio concerns - Industrial action and union responses

On today's podcast, Oct 06 2026, I'll be talking about: - Upcoming budget and its implications - Industrial action and parental support - Story about a special school in Dublin

On today's podcast, Oct 05 2026, I'll be talking about: - INTO's work to rule and its impact - A controversial article by journalist David O'Mahony - Discussion on AI in education

On today's podcast, Oct 02 2026, I'll be talking about: - Industrial action and government negotiations - Budget proposals and primary education - Innovation in education policies - Dyslexia training recommendations

On today's podcast, Oct 01 2026, I'll be talking about: - Jack Chambers' disagreements with the Department of Education and unions - Comptroller and Auditor General's report on education overspending - Industrial action and its implications - Primary school survey and its mixed results

On today's podcast, Sep 30 2026, I'll be talking about: - OECD Education at a Glance report - SNA industrial action - Communication tool for pre-verbal autistic children in Irish

On today's podcast, Sep 25 2026, I'll be talking about: - EU Sports Day in schools - Preview of the education convention - Attendance summit and absenteeism - Discussion on handwriting and its importance

On today's podcast, Sep 24 2026, I'll be talking about: - Gaps in special schools - Public service pay deal gaps - Child protection and trafficking

On today's podcast, I'm talking about: - another review of the school meals programme - Falling numbers in Kerry ask questions about small schools - we move on to trying to save the arts in the unconvention

On today's podcast, I talk about the EU Kids Act, Maths anxiety conference, and the researchED conference.

On today's podcast, I talk about: - attendance and why more children are missing school after the COVID-19 pandemic than before the COVID-19 pandemic - how the HSE has no data on whether schools are teaching the drug prevention programme - the Minister for Education's visit to Estonia to research AI

On today's podcast, there was no mention whatsoever about education in the media, so I thought I would take some time to talk about the union's plans if their ballot on industrial action passes. I explain what Croke Park hours are for those who think there's something to do with the GAA, and whether I agree or not with the CEC representatives' plans.

On today's podcast, I talk about: - a school transport scheme for Dublin - Is homework actually good for children? - the home tuition scheme I also discuss the Lead the Way podcast and the story of a principal that stepped away. Tune in almost every day for education news and analysis from me.

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Today I talk about a UNESCO report on teacher shortages, upcoming strike action, and a free book for all sixth class pupils in Ireland, as well as delving into behaviour.

It's Monday, September 7, and today I'm covering: - Job-sharing arrangements have been relaxed. - Councillors in schools. - A politician calling for schools to solve societal problems. - A new week means a new theme in the unconvention.

In today's episode, I talk about strikes from the unions, social media and e-scooters, and we wrap up the week of unconvention on the Irish language.

In this video, I welcome everyone back for Season 2 of the podcast and celebrate my 25th year in teaching, as well as going through the plans for the unconvention and what's been happening otherwise in my life over the summer.

The SNA ballot was defeated this week, and I explored the disappointment from some people and the reasons from those who voted against it. I have lots and lots of questions.

In this video, I wish everyone a happy summer, and I discuss a couple of interesting statistics from the Primary School Survey. Finally, I talk about special education and the unconvention and what we're going to do next.