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Lack of Secondary School places highlighted by Newstalk

Louise Fitzpatrick from Educate D8 spoke to Pat Kenny on Newstalk about the lack of secondary school places in Dublin 8. Listen back here The lack of secondary school places | NewstalkLack of secondary school places becoming a critical problem for parents. To discuss this crisis, Pat was joined on the

The Irish Times - 'Surely kids in Dublin 8 deserve the same access to education as those in Blackrock?' 12/12/23

Postcode inequality: ‘Surely kids in Dublin 8 deserve the same access to education as those in Blackrock?’Many parents feel left behind with no access to multidenominational secondary schools. It’s a very different story in more affluent areasThe Irish TimesMichelle McBride

RTE 7/11/23: Why the commute to school is a 'postcode lottery' for Irish teens

Why the commute to school is a ‘postcode lottery’ for Irish teensResearch has found disparities between areas are not due to population size, but are more to do with differences in educational provision.RTÉJ. M. Mancini Dr. JoAnne Mancini from Maynooth University highlights how children from the Kilmainham B area

Susie Morrell, originally from the US, shares her frustration regarding the religious domination of schools in Ireland.

"When I moved to this country I was shocked to learn that the majority of public schools are religiously affiliated. Having come from the US, where the separation of church and state – and secularism of schools – is enshrined in law, the Irish education system feels the wrong way round

Inchicore parent Jane Toolan expresses her struggle in finding a secondary school place for her daughter.

We have lived in the area for 13 years. We have a great community. When we bought our house, everyone told us there were very few schools in Dublin 8. We were upbeat: surely the under provision would be addressed quickly? 13 years later, with a kid in 6th class,

New report shows Kilmainham students have lowest rate of active transport in all of Dublin.

A new report published last week by Dr. JoAnne Manicini of Maynooth University shows that only 11% of post-primary students living in the Kilmainham B area of Dublin commute to school by cycling or walking - the lowest level in all of Dublin City and lower than many rural towns.

Dept of Education methodology explained

We get many queries regarding how the Department of Education uses data to decide which areas require a new school. Dr. JoAnne Mancini from Maynooth University published her report ‘Children from these communities’: unequal school provision, segregation, and the Irish educational landscape' in 2022, and gave the below outline