The HSE has updated the Menu Plan for Early Learning and Care Services publication, which helps early learning and care services meet nutritional standards while introducing young children to a world of healthy foods. It’s being launched at the #TalkAboutFood : Early Years

The LINC Team welcome the recent publication by Roderic O’Gorman TD. Compiled by @dcediy with support from AsIAm, Prof. Emer Ring & sinead lawton, it provide practical tools to foster inclusive environments: bit.ly/4f753c5 Faculty of Education, Mary Immaculate College. Early Childhood Ireland Froebel Department

Are you a new participant of the LINC+ CPD Programme? Join our exclusive welcome session hosted by LINC+ CPD Tutor Lorraine Diggins on Tuesday, Oct 29th at 7pm. 📧 The session link will be emailed to all new participants next week. Faculty of Education, Mary Immaculate College. Early Childhood Ireland Froebel Department

Based on our evaluation of Early Talk Boost, Laying the foundations for Literacy is now available in the autumn edition of Literacy News tinyurl.com/ypnhjatt Dr Suzanne Egan Dr Jennifer Pope @LittleBLaverty ETB is a now core element of the Equal Start Programme @dcediy

In this edition of the LINC Blog, Phil O’Brien, Assistant LINC Tutor, explores the transformative role of mentoring in fostering students’ personal and professional growth. Read: lincprogramme.ie/the-importance… Faculty of Education, Mary Immaculate College. Early Childhood Ireland Froebel Department

The LINC Team is seeking Inclusion Coordinators to participate in an evaluation of the LINC Programme. See the poster for more information. Register your interest ➡️ surveymonkey.com/r/LINCResearch

Welcome to our first in-person #LINC Portfolio Class at the Connacht Hotel! 🎉 These in person classes are taking place throughout the country today, bringing our LINC students together for a day of learning, networking & collaboration. 🤝 Here's to an inspiring day ahead! 📚

That's a wrap on our first in-person Portfolio Class here at the Connacht Hotel in Galway! 🎉 A huge thank you to all the #LINC students who joined us today for a fantastic day of learning, connection, and collaboration. 🤝

Join LINC+ CPD Tutor Lorraine Diggins, as she gives an overview of the LINC+ CPD Programme. To register for our first online information session on Tuesday, February 4th at 6:30pm visit bit.ly/3E931L4 Find out more 👉🏽 lincprogramme.ie/apply-now-linc… #linccpd #cpdforincos

Join the LINC Team for an insightful webinar on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Updated Aistear. 📅 Wednesday, February 12th, 2025 | 7 PM 💻 Online Event Discover how the updated Aistear framework embeds these core principles to create inclusive and equitable early

The LINC team recently visited Acorn To Oak in Portumna, Co. Galway, to speak with LINC graduates Orla Walsh and Bridget Treacy about their experiences with the LINC Programme and the LINC+ CPD Programme. In this video, Orla and Bridget share how they found the programmes, what

We are delighted to support the Limerick Traveller Network and the group of powerful Peer Researchers who published this research which analyses the educational challenges faced by Travellers in Limerick city. For the full report please visit our website buff.ly/414yWEy

Join us, for our Contracted Grade 2 Braille training course and embark upon a journey of learning that will lead you to have one of the more empowering skills for sight loss. The course will be online over an eight-week period, one hour a week. vi.ie/event/contract…

We are excited for the start of the British Early Childhood Education Research Association (BECERA) 2025 conference today, bringing together experts in early childhood education research. Claire Butterly, National Coordinator of the Leadership for Inclusion in the Early Years

Delighted to showcase the cover of our new book…coming to bookshelves very soon! What a pleasure to work with ⁦Mary Moloney⁩ ⁦Mary Immaculate College (MIC)⁩ & ⁦Dr Sharon Skehill⁩ to realise our shared vision for this practical guide ⁦Faculty of Education, Mary Immaculate College.⁩

Join us for the eagerly anticipated online launch of the Interim Evaluation of the LINC+ CPD Programme (2021–2023) on Thursday, April 24th at 7pm. This report presents key findings from the interim evaluation of the LINC+ CPD Programme, highlighting the experiences of

South West Wexford Family Resource Centre invites parents and guardians caring for a child with additional needs to a monthly peer support group in Wexford. Please find information on brnw.ch/21wS37s. #SupportingParentsIre

Big moment at the launch of the LINC+ CPD Programme (2021–2023)! Proud to be part of the LINC Consortium with Early Childhood Ireland + Froebel Dept Maynooth University. Funded by @DCEDIY, flexible & online—empowering educators to build truly inclusive spaces. #Inclusion #EarlyYears

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the launch of the “Interim Evaluation of the Leadership for Inclusion in the Early Years Continuing Professional Development (LINC+ CPD) Programme 2021–2023” last night. The digital version of the report is now available to view here: