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The following circular (C 0031/2011) was issued to the Managerial Authorities of Recognised Primary, Secondary, Community and Comprehensive Schools and the Chief Executive Officers of Vocational Education Committees last week, regarding teacher recruitment.
It reads:
 Education “The Minister for Education and Skills directs you to implement the regulations and procedures regarding the employment of qualified registered teachers in approved teaching posts funded by monies provided by the Oireachtas.
This circular is issued in exercise by the Minister of his powers under section 24 of the Education Act 1998.
The purpose of this circular is to ensure, as far as practicable, that people appointed to teach are registered teachers with qualifications appropriate to the sector and suitable to the post for which they are employed and that unemployed teachers are offered employment in preference to those who have retired.
It is applicable to all appointments made on or after 1 September 2011. This circular supersedes all previous circulars, memoranda, rules and regulations in relation to this area, including Circular 40/2010. Please ensure that copies of this circular are provided to all members of the Board of Management/Vocational Education Committee and its contents are brought to the attention of all people employed in teaching posts in your employment, including those on leave of absence.“
This Circular can be accessed on the Department’s website by clicking HERE
Here at Thurles.info, we now invite qualified Primary and Secondary teachers, who are available for Substitute Work, not only here in the environs of Thurles , but also in the greater Tipperary Area, to submit their contact details, by using the Contact Us Tag on top of our homepage.
Your details will then be placed on view on a special Teachers Directory Page, available to the Managerial Authorities of all Tipperary Schools.
To enable us to assist you, we require only your Name, Qualification (e.g. State Primary or Secondary Teacher, and subject qualified to teach if applicable.) Telephone Number and/or E-mail Address. Private postal addresses are not required.
If sufficient interest is shown by unemployed teachers, this new Teacher Directory will be created by Thurles.info, whose sole aim is to serve and support unemployed qualified people in our local and county community.
Please Note:
Thurles.Info will not be responsible for the integrity of data provided by personnel who choose to avail of registeration in this proposed website directory. It is the school/employer’s responsibility to verify the identity, qualifications and suitability of substitute teachers. In any case where there is doubt, substitute teachers are required to provide the necessary evidence for verification and suitability checking and should have immediately, to hand, the following:-
(1) A copy of their teaching qualification certificate etc.
(2) Photo identification (e.g. driving licence or passport.)
(3) PPS Number.
(4) Contact details of all relevant recent employers for independent reference checking.
 Dr Sima Samar Tipperary International Peace Award Recipient. Dr Sima Samar, chairwoman of the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission, was presented with the Tipperary International Peace Award at Ballykisteen Hotel in Limerick Junction on Thursday last at a ceremony attended by members of the diplomatic corps and leading public figures, which included National Women’s Council director Susan McKay and Senator David Norris.
Speaking at the award ceremony, Dr Samar said: “I am honoured and it is a great pleasure to receive this award. When I am recognised by the international community outside of Afghanistan, it serves to give me protection from being targeted by fundamentalists. I have bodyguards and when I go from my house to my office, I have 24-hour bodyguards. I cannot walk in the street or go to every public event.”
Dr Samar, who is under constant threat because of her constant campaigning for the rights of women in her country, went on to state that the award represented recognition by the International Community and such recognition would now greatly assist her own personal security in Afghanistan.
Dr Samar has had to flee Afghanistan on a number of occasions, however she continues to return, much to the anger of conservative religious leaders and Islamic radicals.
Irish President Mary McAleese, in a message to Dr Samar, stated: “This is a high honour and reflects the courage, generosity of spirit and great humanity that Dr Samar has demonstrated, during her untiring fight for the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan and Pakistan.“
A new website described as an invaluable tool for historical researchers, academics and the general public, has been officially launched today hosted by the Moore Institute for Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences at the National University of Ireland, Galway.
 Landed Estates in Connacht and Munster To find this website containing the Landed Estates Database, Click Here.
Cataloging the landed estates of Munster from the 18th to the 20th centuries, this new website brings together a distillation and collation of data from a broad range of historical sources, and the concise codification of this data on an Estate, Name and House basis.
The ‘Connacht and Munster Landed Estates’ project, was funded by the Irish Council for Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences and the Programme for Research in Third Level Institutions respectively. This project undertook the research and now the publication of a comprehensive and integrated resource guide to the landed estates and historic houses, both in Connacht and Munster. It is now published and presented on line in an easy to follow and friendly to use, format.
While the aim of the guide is to assist and support researchers working in the field of social, economic, political and cultural history, c.1700 to 1914, it will also greatly assist ordinary persons actively involved in tracing genealogy, not to mention those who enjoy reading basic historical fact.
Questions: Does your organisation work with volunteers? Are you yourself a volunteer?
Then this post might just be of interest to you!
A series of Volunteer Fairs will be held across North Tipperary in July this year.
Venues: Friday 22nd July, 5-8 pm, Thurles Shopping Centre; Saturday 23rd July, 12-3 pm in Grant’s Hotel, Roscrea; Sunday 24th July, 12-3 pm in Nenagh Arts Centre.
We are now inviting any volunteer organisations based in the region to get in touch so you can be part of this initiative. At the fair, you will have the opportunity to attract potential volunteers and to raise awareness of the work being done by your organisation.
 On the day, volunteer organisations will be invited to set up their stall and sell their wares – figuratively speaking – to members of the public who may be considering volunteering. Lack of information is a major barrier to participation in volunteering, so let’s try and make a difference.
Photo Shows: L-R:- Rose Mannion, Chairperson of Lorrha Development Association; Ann Marie Brophy, Europe Direct; John Houlihan, Lorrha Development Association; Mary Coen, Lorrha Development Association; Noirin Leamy, CAVA; Lorraine Treacy, Europe Direct.
These events are being held to celebrate the European Year of Volunteering. You can find out what’s happening for the year in Ireland Here
North Tipperary Volunteer Fairs were launched with Lorrha Development Association, who are an excellent example of how volunteering can make a difference. They are the recent recipients of the CAVA Arts, Culture and Heritage award, the CAVA 2010 overall award and a Tidy Towns Endeavour Award. Congratulations to their hardworking volunteers!
To book your stand at the volunteer fairs, contact Ann Marie Brophy or Lorraine Treacy at Europe Direct, Thurles Library at Telephone No 0504-29720 or eudirect@tipperarylibraries.ie.
These Volunteer Fairs are organised by a committee led by Europe Direct Information Centre, based in Thurles Library and have received funding from the European Commission.
In the words of the Galilean, Tax Collector, Saint Matthew “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.” (Chapter 5:16)
 Dr. Karen Willoughby. Congratulations go to Miss Karen Willoughby, pictured here following her recent graduation, for the degree of Doctor in Philosophy (Ph.D.), from the School of Education, Trinity College Dublin (TCD).
Daughter of George and Sally Willoughby, Kickham St., Thurles, Karen is a past pupil of both the Ursuline Convent Primary and Ursuline Secondary Schools here in Thurles, Co Tipperary.
Karen is also a recipient of the prestigious Vere Foster Medal, the Trinity College Gold Medal and the Trinity College ‘Lucy Gwynn‘ Prize.
Karen qualified as a primary school teacher with First Class Honours in 2001 from CICE and Trinity College, and is currently the Principal of St John’s National School, Monasterevin, Co. Kildare.
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