This article explores how the digital strategy for schools policy 2015-2020, Ireland's national digital technology in education policy and its enactment in schools prepared them for school closures as part of the COVID-19 response. The educational, economic and social context in which the digital strategy for schools was published in 2015 was…

Investigates the extent to which primary headteachers have become "chief executives" since introducing "market forces" to schooling. Contrasts heads as managers with a more holistic view of heads as leading professionals. To manage current reforms, heads are forced to adopt a managerial approach at the expense of more highly…

Ireland has recently achieved its own landmark with the appointment of its first Ombudsman for Children, Ms. Emily Logan. The Ombudsman was signed into her office by the President on 18 December 2003 for a term of 6 years pursuant to the Ombudsman for Children Act 2002 (the 2002 Act). One of the purposes of the office of Ombudsman is the…