Carl O'Brien is the Education Editor at The Irish Times. He focuses on public education, educational policy, school administration, and school governance, drawing on his extensive experience as a chief reporter and social affairs correspondent. His insights and analyses are featured prominently in The Irish Times.
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Carl O'Brien's coverage is heavily focused on education in Ireland, with a clear emphasis on government announcements and data citation. If you have insights related to educational policies, government initiatives, or statistical analysis within the Irish education system, your pitch may resonate well with him.
Given his focus on citing data and reporting government announcements related to education in Ireland, pitches highlighting new research findings or exclusive access to relevant statistics could be of interest. Additionally, if you can provide expert commentary on issues affecting schools, students' academic performance or challenges faced by the education sector in Ireland, it might attract his attention.
When reaching out to Carl O'Brien regarding topics such as exams and student behavior as covered prominently in his articles titles; providing local context and perspectives specific to Ireland’s educational landscape would likely be particularly effective.
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By: Carl O Brien
New approach will simplify enrolments in pilot areas such as Athenry, Celbridge, Clonakilty, Greystones and Tullamore, parents told
By: Carl O Brien
First-class pupils in Clontarf school face ‘supersized' class sizes of 34 after post axed due to enrolment dip
By: Carl O'Brien
Second level schools finding it ‘impossible’ to replace teachers on leave across key subjects
By: Carl O Brien
Lower grades may mean lower points requirements across many degree courses We asked recently what you'd like to know more about in the run-up to the Leaving Cert results.
By: Carl O Brien
Initial inquiry found more than 2,000 allegations of abuse involved almost 900 alleged abusers at 300-plus schools
By: Carl O Brien, Ella Sloane
Capitation funding falls about €25,000 short of real costs on average, new survey finds
Principal Kevin Shortall is fiercely ambitious for his students, but his school faces considerable financial challenges
By: Kate Byrne, Carl O'Brien
Teachers have questioned ‘necessity’ of having playwright as a requirement at higher level
By: Carl O'Brien
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu says prisoner release ‘is the beginning of a new path’
Carl article for Iran live story 14.4.2026 21 minutes ago War threatens ‘unprecedented' energy shock, IMF warns
