Teachers to strike over working conditions at school

TEACHERS at Kilkenny City Vocational School are to take strike action in protest over working conditions, locking out over 300 pupils for a day.

In a further twist to long-running difficulties at the school, teachers voted unanimously at an emergency meeting of their union to stop work for a day on Thursday, April 7.

The action follows the alleged failure of the school to address serious health and safety matters brought to its attention by the teachers and Teachers Union of Ireland (TUI) representatives on a number of occasions.