Mounting workloads and a lack of resources are the main issues facing primary school principals.
1200 members of the Irish Primary Principals Network are attending a conference in Dublin, being addressed by the Education Minister, Joe McHugh this morning.
Close to 2,000 primary school principals also teach pupils and the IPPN is calling for one day a week to be allocated solely for admin work.
These teaching principals say their workload can be difficult to deal with:
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