Unions: Most vulnerable students will suffer

THE most vulnerable students will suffer the hardest from the latest round of education cutbacks detailed in the Government’s four-year national recovery plan, it has been claimed.

Among the 1,200 teacher posts being cut from next September are staff working with Traveller children and newcomer children who get extra support to learn English.

The Department of Education refused to answer questions from the Irish Examiner on the breakdown of the numbers of teachers in each area, nor would it supply the numbers of teachers currently working in the areas being targeted.