Hanafin faces battle to win over the teaching unions

As the first of the Easter teacher union conferences gets under way in Killarney today, Education Correspondent Niall Murray assesses the likely talking points - and the minister’s past performance.

MARY Hanafin will have much to boast about when she attends the teacher union conferences this week.

Although it has been a relatively good year for the provision of education resources, delegates may be quick to remind the minister of her party’s last election mantra but perhaps with their own little twist to the slogan, maybe: “A Lot Done, But A Lot More to Do.”