The main teaching unions have joined forces to call for urgent talks to end the strikes by school secretaries and caretakers.
In a joint statement, the TUI, INTO, and ASTI say that after a week of disruption, it’s clear schools are struggling to operate as normal.
They’re urging Education Minister Helen McEntee and Public Expenditure Minister Jack Chambers to enter meaningful negotiations with the Forsa trade union ‘as a matter of urgency’.
President of the ASTI, Donegal native, Padraig Curley, says the government needs to intervene:
