Children victims of ‘austerity-only’ solution: Nunan

INTO general secretary Sheila Nunan hit back at Education Minister Ruairi Quinn’s comments that some teachers did not seem to fully understand the seriousness of the economic crisis.

To prolonged applause from the 750 delegates, she said teachers “absolutely got it” because they were living with the consequences of the crisis every day in their classrooms.

“In schools and classrooms up and down the land, more and more children, who did nothing to cause the country’s economic crisis, are falling victim to the prevailing ‘austerity only’ solution.