More than 80 DIT teachers to be laid off

MORE THAN 80 part-time teachers are being laid off by Dublin Institute of Technology because of an effective cut in Government funding.

The job cuts will save the institute around 750,000 a year but are likely to have a major impact on part-time courses.

The cuts are expected to result in fewer evening classes in engineering and art and design, and fewer classes for school-going children at the DIT College of Music. Some evening courses are expected to enrol new students every second year instead of annually and modules of some full-time courses could be cancelled.