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

If covid taught us anything, it is that learning doesn’t stop and start at the school gate

Nobody looks back on life and says, ‘My biggest regret is that I didn’t get to do indoor hockey in PE that day.’

Parents 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.