250,000 students unsure of schools return due to teachers' strike

Nearly 250,000 students have started their mid-term break unsure when classes will resume in at least 400 second-level schools, with no easing of the Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland (ASTI) industrial action plans.

The union’s standing committee made no changes to its planned industrial action after a long meeting yesterday.

While officials updated the committee’s other members on their discussions with the Department of Education over the past week, a spokesperson said the union’s position on the issues in dispute remains the same.