Teachers’ union calls off strike action

Disruption at over 400 schools has ended, at least temporarily, after the Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland (ASTI) and Department of Education agreed to conciliation talks last night.

Schools should reopen this morning as a result of the agreement of both sides to accept the invitation from Anna Perry.

She chairs the Teachers’ Conciliation Council, as well as being an official of the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC), although it was not certain last night if the intervention is on behalf of the WRC.