RESPONDING to Pamela O’Leary (Letters, Jan 7), she urges parents to speak up before it is too late and Minister Quinn has his way and removes the compulsory allocation of guidance counsellors in schools and colleges around the country.

THE Parents’ Associations of Community and Comprehensive Schools (PACCS) endorses ASTI president Pat Cahill’s argument that exam result league tables will help nobody, but will hurt weaker students most.