Congress votes to shun duties of retired colleagues

PRIMARY school teachers will refuse to take on the administrative duties of colleagues who retire, because hundreds of vacancies will not be filled under a public service promotions ban.

The move by the Irish National Teachers’ Organisation (INTO) is likely to lead to major managerial headaches for school boards, as well as leaving the Department of Education and other State agencies with a shortage of information and paperwork relating to schools.

Delegates at the INTO annual congress in Letterkenny also decided that the industrial action should involve the union’s 30,000 members refusing to co-operate in other duties.