Teachers in strike threat over funding and workload

PRIMARY school teachers will strike unless the Government increases investment in schools and reduces their workload.

The Irish National Teachers’ Organisation’s 23,000 members could begin walking out of classrooms within weeks, with the INTO annual congress set to back a motion to strike over substandard schools today.

Addressing 800 delegates in Bundoran last night, INTO president Gerry Malone voiced teachers’ anger over the state of their working conditions over the past year.