News Professor Elaine Keane Keynote Speaker at INTO Equality Conference, Tullamore, January 2026

Professor Elaine Keane was recently keynote speaker at the Equality Conference of the Irish National Teachers’ Organisation (INTO) in the Tullamore Court Hotel January 23-24 2026.

The event, attended by more than 450 delegates, was themed ‘Diversity in Schools: From Classroom to Staffroom’.  Her keynote address was entitled: ‘Problematising Teacher Diversity: Contexts, Considerations, and (Social) Class’ and is available at: INTO Equality Conference 2026 Webcast 

Photo L-R: Maeve McCafferty, Senior Official, Equality Officer, INTO; Sarah Bradley, Chairperson of the Equality Committee, INTO;  Professor Elaine Keane, School of Education, University of Galway; Anne Horan, INTO President; John Boyle, INTO General Secretary.