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For a Yes Vote in the ASTI Ballot

With the Association of Secondary Teachers, Ireland (ASTI) ballot on equal pay, conditions and Covid measures due to close this Thursday, ASTI member Mark Walshe (personal capacity) calls for an emphatic Yes vote. ASTI members are currently balloting on several issues. Prior to the lockdown in March, ASTI had decided

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Scrap the Leaving Cert? The Problem Goes Deeper Than That

Recent months have seen intense debate about the future of the Leaving Cert. Post-primary teacher Mark Walshe argues that while the process is seriously flawed, it is but one aspect of wider educational inequality in Irish society and of the deeper class inequality which causes it. The COVID-19