€65k was mortgage sum offered to teacher

INTO members unanimously passed a motion calling for the equalisation of pay and conditions for newly qualified teachers. The also motion condemned the cuts to pay that teachers have had since 2011.

The motion also called for no further pay deals unless pay equalisation for all teachers has been achieved. A number of newly qualified teachers spoke passionately on the motion, explaining how they were unable to save for a house or qualify for a mortgage.

Orla Ní Fhoghlú, a 28-year-old primary schoolteacher in Harold’s Cross, Dublin, told the congress about how one bank offered her a €65,000 mortgage.