A record number of court summonses and formal warnings were issued to parents last year over their children missing school — even though the conviction rate dropped.

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Thirty parents have been taken to court and convicted so far this year for failing to send their children to school.

Parents who regularly take children out of school to avail of cheaper holidays risk damaging their education.

School absentee rates are falling — but so are staff levels within the body charged with monitoring it, with one county being overseen by just one senior manager.

Nine people were jailed last year for failing to send their children to school.

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FIVE students who never missed a day of school for 14 years have been honoured for their achievement.

A RANGE of issues have contributed to the fact that 16 young boys are without a second level school up to 15 months after finishing sixth class.

CHILDREN in Limerick are being prevented from entering secondary schools because they are from disadvantaged backgrounds, it was claimed yesterday.