Stomach bug hits 23 teachers at girls school

MORE than 20 teachers have been struck down by a stomach bug at a girls’ school in Naas, Co Kildare.

St Mary’s College is the second school in the town to be hit by an infection in the last week. A small number of pupils has also been affected.

Many of those affected have been violently ill, with symptoms of vomiting and diarrhoea. “The health board advised us it is not dangerous but highly contagious,” said principal Marie O’Neill. “There are people violently ill, nothing serious, but very unpleasant. The severity varies, some are worse than others,” she said.