Teachers get tough in school dispute

AROUND 2,500 students at Cork School of Music could be without classes next autumn as staff take industrial action over unsuitable facilities.

The funding for the school’s proposed €58 million new home has been held up by the Government and no decision to give the go-ahead looks likely in the coming months.

But the Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI), representing the 70 staff at the college, have vowed not to teach at the various locations they have been using for classes from September.