Letters have been received by principals across Cork City and county from a group styling itself the Common Law Court Éire which opposes measures including social distancing, mask-wearing and Covid vaccines

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Teaching unions say they are 'deeply concerned' by the incident, in which two women who weren't wearing masks approached children at a number of Cork schools.