Last week Treasa O’Loughlin, a mother of three from Cashel, Co Tipperary, was so busy at work that she didn’t have time to help her six-year-old daughter complete her homework on time. “So, I wrote a ...

Does homework need to be rethought so that it is less of a burden and engages the child more effectively? Students in a large number of schools here - both public and private - are burdened with large ...