Questions remain about why calculated grades won't be issued before exams are scheduled to take place and when return to the classroom will happen

The president and the general secretary of the Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland (ASTI) have raised concerns about some schools “continuing as normal” despite a confirmed case of Covid-19.

The government has to “step up to the plate” and deliver a competent back-to-school package of measures, the country's biggest secondary teachers’ union has warned.