‘Pampered teachers acting like spoiled children’

AS the teachers’ unions hold annual conferences around the country, the founding president of the University of Limerick has launched a blistering attack on teachers describing them as “a pampered group” who are “behaving like spoiled children”.

Drawing attention to their superior working conditions, Dr Edward Walsh said they constantly made “outrageous demands” and were now choosing to ignore that the country was in a “national crisis”.

“One would expect the leaders of communities to give good example. Irish teachers are well paid. Despite the cuts, they’re paid 20% more than their counterparts in Britain.