The Education Matters Yearbook 2013 is an indispensable guide to Irish education. Designed as an attractive, easily accessible and portable digest, the Yearbook provides a comprehensive, concise account of the key innovations and issues in Irish education during the year. Alongside relevant media content, critical and informative commentary from key stakeholders in Irish education help to tell the story of the Irish educational system - from early childhood education and early years care, all the way through to fourth level education, innovation and research. In so doing, the Education Matters Yearbook has a unique and special place in Irish education, as it endeavours to outline, as comprehensively, impartially and inclusively as possible, the narrative of education in Ireland during the year.