Dental school teachers threaten strike

TEACHERS at Cork University Dental School and Hospital have threatened to take industrial action if the college proceeds with its plan to introduce work practice changes from next month to deal with a funding shortfall.

The dental school and hospital plans to cut sessions provided by around 30 part- time clinical teachers as part of a package of cost-saving measures it is implementing to deal with a cut in funding from the Health Service Executive and Higher Education Authority.

The dental school and hospital said it was left with no alternative but to reduce its level of service and stressed that all management decisions took full account of the needs of students.