Parents face chaos in schools closure

MORE than 65,000 teachers and lecturers will take to the picket line in 10 days’ time, leaving the parents of almost 800,000 school pupils needing to arrange childcare on November 24.

After the announcement that teachers would join the one-day public service strike, Education Minister Batt O’Keeffe urged their unions to stay in talks with the Government.

His department will save an estimated €10.3 million in pay, docked from almost 60,000 school teachers if the action goes ahead.