PDA Ireland

One in five schools dropped a subject due to teacher recruitment crisis, TUI survey finds irishexaminer.com/news/arid-4180…

Fifth of secondary schools forced to drop subjects due to teacher shortages, survey finds School principals report continuing problems with teacher recruitment and retention irishtimes.com/ireland/educat…

TUI accuses Government of failing to address teacher retention rte.ie/news/2026/0304…

PDA Conference Day 3, Friday 21st, concludes with keynote speeches from Ann Margaret Clancy - "Empathetic Leadership" followed by Dr Nicholaas Bm with thought provoking insights on "Schloool Culture". Full conference schedule here pda.ie/annual-confere…

Next Thursday's presentations at PDA Conference will conclude with insights from Prof. Brendan Tangney, TCD, on 'Artificial Intelligence in Education- Challenges & Opportunities' and Geraldine McTavish will share her views on 'Inclusion in Sport'. pda.ie/annual-confere…

At PDA Conference, PDA President, Michael Murphy will address delegates on Thursday at 2pm followed by a Discussion Forum with TUI President, Anthony Quinn and TUI General Secretary, Michael Gillespie. Full Conference schedule pda.ie/annual-confere…

At PDA Conference Thursday 20th Donal Madden, Principal at Newport College will share his insights on "Empowering Learner Voice: Transforming Education from a One-Way Process to a Partnership"

PDA Conference Thur 20th Shivaun O’Brien DCU– School Self-Evaluation Ireland will outline the 'Key Messages for School Leaders from 13 Years of Research'. Also Johanna Fitzgerald–Collaborate to RISE will speak to "How Collective Evidence Supports Inclusive School Improvement"

PDA Conference, starting next Wednesday 19th, promises to be an enlightening, thought provoking event for Principals and Deputy Principals. See full schedule of speakers and registration form pda.ie/annual-confere…

PDA Annual Conference 2025 at the Slieve Russel Hotel, Barry Loftus, Empower and Challenge, opens Conference on Wednesday 19th November at 8:15pm. Conference schedule available here pda.ie/wp-content/upl…

Three-quarters of schools had no applicants for recent teaching vacancies. Read more in today’s @IrishTimes These are issues that the PDA brings to the fore with @TUIunion that impact all our schools. irishtimes.com/ireland/educat…

“Over 400,000 places were taken up in 2024” This is an endorsement to the wide range of excellent courses now available in the Irish FET sector. We can now say with confidence a FET course is the first choice and the right choice for many in Ireland. #thisisfet

PDA President Michael Murphy delivers his address to conference delegates @TUIunion PDA.ie

Our conference has gotten off to a flying after being officially opened by Mr Tom Grady CE of @msletb.

Should be a great event - pop by our stand if you're planning on visiting 💡

A double whammy of conferences this week and Athena will be exhibiting at both! See you there 👋 @KnockrannyHouse @farnhamestate @accsirl @PDAIreland1

TUI FORUM at PDA Annual Conference pda.ie/tui-forum-at-p…

We're very excited to share our all-new website, just in time for @PDAIreland1 and @accsirl conferences this week! Visit our stands and chat to our OFE team about the exciting new products we'll be launching soon, and check out our new site at oliveforeducation.ie

Looking forward to the Principal and Deputy Principal PDA Conference this week in the @msletb region. The conference will run in @KnockrannyHouse Westport Co Mayo from Wednesday to Friday. @TUIunion mayonews.ie/news/local-new…

Joan Russell will discuss ‘Teacher professional learning’ at PDA Annual Conference, Thursday 21st pda.ie/joan-russell-w…