Julie Jay: Give parents a break and let them take children on holiday in term time

Nobody looks back on life and says, ‘My biggest regret is that I didn’t get to do indoor hockey in PE that day.’
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SUBSCRIBEParents taking their children out of school to go on holiday is an issue again. Irish primary schools are reporting an astonishing 360,000 school days being used for this purpose.
I can categorically say I won’t be taking my children out of school for holidays anytime soon.
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