Irish Teacher: My students don't agree but I think secondary summer holidays are too long

"I think secondary school should run a month longer to ease the breakneck pace of our school year. I’d like planning time during the school day. I’d like to take a breath between September and May."

Jennifer Horgan. Picture: Dan Linehan

I’m not big into celebrating adult birthdays. I’m more of a 'glass of wine in my pyjamas' kind of person.

But my summer birthday has been very different since returning to Ireland five years ago.